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Microfiche 

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Canadian  Inttituta  for  Historical  Microraproduction*  /  institut  Canadian  da  microraprodu  t'of^n  liiitoriquas 


Technical  and  Bibliographic  Notaa/Notaa  tachniquas  at  MMiographiquaa 


Tha  Inatituta  hsa  attamptad  to  obtain  tha  baat 
original  copy  availabia  for  filming.  Faaturaa  of  thia 
copy  which  may  ba  bibliographically  uniqua, 
which  may  altar  any  of  tha  imagaa  in  tha 
raproduction,  or  which  may  aignificantly  changa 
tha  uaual  mathod  of  filming,  ara  chackad  iMlow. 


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Colourad  covara/ 
Couvartura  da  couiaur 


I      I    Covart  damagad/ 


Couvartura  andommagte 

Covars  rattorad  and/or  iaminatad/ 
Couvartura  raataurAa  at/ou  palliculAa 


I — I   Covar  titia  miaaing/ 


La  titra  da  couvartura  manqua 


I — I   Colourad  mapa/ 


Cartas  giographiquas  an  couiaur 

Colourad  ink  (i.a.  othar  than  blua  or  black)/ 
Encra  da  couiaur  (i.a.  autra  qua  blaua  ou  noira) 


□   Colourad  platas  and/or  illustrations/ 
Planchas  at/ou  illuatrations  wi  couiaur 


D 


Bound  with  othar  material/ 
RaliA  avac  d'autras  documanta 

Tight  binding  may  causa  shadows  or  distortion 
along  interior  margin/ 

La  re  llure  serrAe  peut  causer  de  I'ombre  ou  de  la 
distortion  la  long  da  la  marge  intirieure 

Blank  leaves  added  during  reatoration  may 
appear  within  the  text.  Whenever  poaaibia,  these 
have  been  omitted  from  filming/ 
II  se  peut  que  certainaa  pagea  blanches  aJoutAaa 
lore  d'une  restauration  apparaissent  dans  la  taxte. 
mais,  lorsque  cela  Atait  possible,  ces  pages  n'ont 
pas  Ati  filmAas. 

Additional  commanta:/ 
Commentaires  supplimentaires: 


L'Institut  a  microfilm*  la  mailleur  exemplaira 
qu'il  lul  a  AtA  poaaibia  da  ae  procurer.  Lea  dAtaila 
da  cet  exemplaira  qui  aont  paut-Atre  uniquea  du 
point  da  vua  bibliographiqua,  qui  peuvent  modifier 
une  image  reproduite,  ou  qui  peuvent  exiger  une 
modification  dana  la  mAthoda  normala  de  f ilmage 
sont  indiquAs  ci-dessous. 


r~n   Coloured  pagea/ 


D 


Pagea  da  couiaur 

Pages  damaged/ 
Pages  endommagias 

Pages  restored  and/oi 

Pages  restaurAea  at/ou  palliculAes 

Pages  diacoiourad.  stained  or  foxei 
Pages  dicoiorAes,  tachatAes  ou  piquAas 

Pages  detached/ 
Pages  dAtachias 

Showthroughy 
Transparence 

Quality  of  prir 

Qualit6  inAgaia  de  I'lmpression 

Includes  supplementary  matarii 
Comprenc^  du  material  suppMn^antaire 

Only  edition  available/ 
Seule  Mition  disponible 


pn  Pages  damaged/ 

I     I  Pages  restored  and/or  laminated/ 

Fy]  Pages  diacoiourad.  stained  or  foxed/ 

I     I  Pages  detached/ 

rri  Showthrough/ 

r~j  Quality  of  print  variaa/ 

I     I  Includea  supplementary  materiel/ 

I — I  Only  edition  available/ 


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to  thi 


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filmlf 


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other 

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Thai 
shall 
TINU 
whic 

Mapi 

differ 

entiri 

begin 

right 

requii 

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Pages  wholly  or  partially  obscured  by  errata 
slips,  tissues,  etc.,  have  been  ref limed  to 
ensure  the  best  possible  image/ 
Lea  pages  totalement  ou  partiellement 
obscurcies  par  un  fauillet  d'errata,  une  pelure, 
etc.,  ont  Att  filmAes  i  nouveau  de  fa^on  i 
obtenir  la  meilleure  Imege  possible. 


This  item  is  filmed  at  the  reduction  ratio  checked  below/ 

Ce  document  est  filmi  au  taux  de  reduction  indiqu*  ol-dessous. 


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14X 

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Th«  copy  filmed  h«r«  hat  b««n  reproduced  thanks 
to  the  ganorosity  off: 

Stminary  of  QiMbM 
Library 


L'axampiaira  fiim*  fut  reproduit  grico  k  la 
gAn4roaiti  da: 

Mminair*  d«  QuMmc 
BIMIothlqiM 


Tha  imagaa  appearing  here  are  tlie  beet  quality 
poMible  considering  the  condition  end  legibility 
of  the  original  copy  and  In  keeping  with  the 
filming  contrect  speciflcetione. 


Originei  copies  in  printed  peper  covere  are  ffllmed 
beginning  with  the  front  cover  end  ending  on 
the  lest  page  with  a  printed  or  lilustreted  impres* 
sion.  or  the  beck  cover  when  epproprlete.  All 
other  originei  copies  ere  filmed  beginning  on  the 
first  page  with  e  printed  or  illustrated  impree* 
sion.  end  ending  on  the  last  page  with  e  printed 
or  illustrated  impression. 


Imeges  suiventes  ont  AtA  reproduites  avee  le 
plus  grend  soin.  compte  tenu  de  la  condition  at 
do  le  nettetA  de  rexempleire  fiimA.  et  an 
conformity  evec  les  conditions  du  contrat  de 
fiimage. 

Les  eKompleires  originsux  dont  la  eouvorturo  an 
papier  eat  ImprimAe  sent  filmfts  tn  commandant 
par  le  premier  plot  et  en  terminant  soit  par  la 
darnlAre  page  qui  comporte  une  ampreinte 
d'impreeaion  ou  d'iilustration,  solt  par  la  second 


pit 


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orlginaux  sont  fiimAs  en  commenfsnt  par  la 
premiere  page  qui  comporte  une  empreinta 
d'impression  ou  d'illustretion  et  an  terminant  par 
la  darniire  page  qui  comports  una  telle 
ampreinte. 


The  last  recorded  freme  on  eech  microfiche 
shell  contein  the  symbol  — ^>  (meening  "CON> 
TINUEO").  or  the  symbol  V  (meening  "END"), 
whichever  epplies. 


Un  des  symboies  suivants  apparsltrs  sur  la 
darnlAre  imege  de  cheque  microfiche,  salon  la 
ces:  le  symbole  --*>  signifie  "A  SUIVRE".  la 
symbole  V  signifie  "FIN". 


Meps.  pistes,  charts,  etc..  mey  be  filmed  at 
different  reduction  retios.  Those  too  Isrge  to  be 
entirely  included  in  one  exposurs  sre  filmed 
beginning  in  the  upper  left  hend  corner,  left  to 
right  end  top  to  bottom,  es  meny  framea  aa 
required.  The  following  diagrams  illustrate  the 
method: 


Les  cortes,  pionches,  tsbleeux.  etc.,  peuvent  Atre 
filmis  i  des  teux  de  reduction  diffArents. 
Lorsque  le  document  est  trop  grand  pour  itrs 
reproduit  en  un  seul  clichA,  ii  est  fllmA  A  psrtir 
de  I'engle  sup4rleur  gsuche.  de  geuche  i  droite, 
et  de  haut  en  baa,  en  prenant  le  nombre 
d'Imeges  nicesseire.  Les  diegremmes  suivants 
illustrent  le  mAthode. 


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FIRST  READER 


OARBHTLLT   ARRAtfOBD 

IN  PROSE  AND  V] 

FOR  THE  USE  OF 


Bt' A  Mbmbib  or  the  Orbcr  or 
Pnoinsu  ScnBToi 

NEW  YORK 

D.  &  J.  SApiitEB  4  Q0\ 
Bonoir-isB 

MOirtBBAfc     OOEWKK  MOTRK  DAMB  AND  BT. 

1867. 


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ANY  people  are  not  aware  of  the 
vast  importance  of  having  a  series 
of  carefully-prepared  Readers  for  the 
use  of  schoob.  They  may  think 
that  it  matters  little  honir  the  child 
learns  to  read,  or  what  it  reads,  provided  it 
does  learn.  Others,  again,  may  ask,  what 
need  is  there  for  a  new  series,  when  so  many 
of  acknowledged  merit  are  already  in*  exist- 
ence? Both  claases  are  in  error.  As  first 
impressions  are  known  to  be  Hie  fikolH^I^ 
and  most  lasting;  and  as  these  impfnssions 


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PREFACE. 


are  in  part  derived  firom  books,  what  can  be 
more  necessary  than  a  careful  selection  of  pri- 
mary lessons  which  may  interest  as  well  as 
instruct  the  young  learner?  Let  us  give  the 
child  stepping-stones  to  knowledge;  but  let 
us  be  very  careful  that  those  stones  are  safe 
footing,  securely  laid  on  the  great  basis  of 
Christian  truth,  so  that  they  be  not  swept 
away  from  beneath  his  feet  by  the  rushing 
floods  of  infidelity,  and  that  worldly  wisdom 
which  is  akin  to  irreligion.  Give  him  lessons 
suited  to  his  infantile  capacity, — ^lessons  which 
may  accustom  him  to  think  of  what  he  sees 
and  hears,  but  so  interwoven  with  the  truths 
of  faith  that  the  seen  and  the  unseen  may 
have  equal  hold  of  his  understanding.  Let 
him  learn,  from  his  fitst  reading-lessons,  to 
believe,  to  think,  and  to  feel 

This  is  what  the  compiler  of  these  Readers 
has  endeavored  to  accomplish,  and  it  is  hoped 


PREFACE. 


1 


that  they  will  be  found  to  answer  that  desir- 
able object  The  ^cond  objection  to  which 
we  have  alluded,  scarcely  seems  to  need  a 
special  reply  after  what  has  been  already  said, 
as  the  whole  of  the  ground  which  it  covers 
is  taken  in  by  the  statement  of  our  views. 

The  publishers  have  taken  great  pains,  and 
gone  to  considerable  expense,  to  illustrate 
these  t  vo  first  Readers,  so  as  to  make  them 
as  attractive  as  possible  to  little  people. 
Neither  trouble  nor  expense  has  been  spared 
to  make  them  both  pleasing  and  instructive; 
and  they  are  confidently  presented  to  the 
Catholic  public,  for  the  use  of  primMj  schoolsc 


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FIRST    READE 


LESSON  III. 

Is  it  he?  Ifo,  it  is  not  he. 
Is  it  an  0x9  Yes,  it  is  an  ox. 
My  ox  is  in.  Oh,  go  to  my  pa. 
Is  it  he  or  1 9     It  is  he. 

Ah,  it  is  my  ma!  Let  us  go 
up.  See,  he  is  up!  Oh,  let  us 
go,  too !  May  we  go  9  Yes,  we 
may  go.     Oh,  ho ! 

He  is  up  to  me.  Is  he^t  He 
is  so.    Do  so  to  us.    Be  it  so. 


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12 


FIBST    BEADEB. 


LESSON  ly. 

Do  you  see  the  fly?  Can  it 
be  a  fly?     Yes,  it  is  a  big  fly. 

Let  us  kill  the  fly.  Oh,  no; 
we  must  not  kill  the  fly. 

Put  a  pin  in  the  fly.  Ifo,  no ; 
put  no  pin  in  the  fly. 

I  am  on  a  nag.  He  is  on  no 
nag.  .  Bide  on  niy  nag.  Ho  [  be 
near  me  1    He  is  on'it. 


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FIRST    READER. 


13 


LESSON  V. 


This  girfs 
name  is  Kate. 
Her  bird  flew 
out  of  its 
cage.  The 
cat  caught 
the  bird.  It 
is  now  dead. 
Kate  is  sad. 


Poor  Kate !  l\er  bird  wiH  sing  no  more. 


Jane  has  got  a 
nice  doll.  She  is 
fond  of  her  doll. 
She  likes  to  see  her 
doll  nSat^^  She  JLas* 
got  a  new  dress  for 
her  d6ll,^  and  new 
shoes,  and  a  belt. 
Look  at  them. 


I^ESSON   Vl. 


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14 


FIRST    BEADEB. 


LESSON  VII. 

Is  it  a  kite  ? 
It  is  a  kite. 
I  see  tile  kite. 
I  see  tke  boy. 
1^^  boy  has  a  kite. 
He  goes  to  fly  his  kite. 
The  kite  has  a  long 
tail. 


Did  you  ifeel  the  car  jar? 
I  can  ride  far  in  a  car. 


the  ball. 


LESSON  VIIL 

Is  it  a  ban?      • 
It  is  a  ball. 
I  see  the  ball. 
It  is  a  foot-ball. 
The  boy  has  lost  his 

hat. 
He  does  not  mind. 
He  runs  fast  to  catck 
I  think  his  name  is  Prank. 


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FIB8T    BEADEB. 


15 


LESSON  IX.     . 

at 

the 

and     here      girl 

name 

by 

are 

two     book     Ann 

•  stands 

see 

has 

boy     looks     John 

George 

• 

Here  are  two  boyS;  John  and  Gtoorge, 
iBe  girl^  name  is  Ann, 
John  has  a  book. 
George  looks  at  the  book. 
Ann  stands  bj  John. 


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FIRST    READER. 


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Still 

gone 

there 


LESSON  X. 

win        rest  '  him 

poor       more  play 
sleep      touch      wakes 


take 
rock 
leave 


Poor  Will  has^one  to  sleep.  See  how 
still  he  lies.  Don't  touch  him.  If  you 
do,  you  will  wake  him  up.  There !  he 
will  wake.  Rock  him.  There,  be  Utill 
now,  he  has  gone  to  sleep  obce  more^i 
Now,  let  us  go  to  our  play,  and  leave  the 
poor  boy  to  take  his  rest.  Ma-ry  and 
Oeorge  love  the  ba-by  ver-y  much. 


LESSON  XL 

hat  read        back  day 

chair       high       good  boy 

name       head       school  soon 


This  boy's  name  is  George.  He  sits 
on  a  chair.  His  hat  is  on  his  head. 
The  chair  has  a  high  baok^  Oeorge 
reads  the  news.  Oeorge  is  a  good  boy. 
He  goes  to  school  ev-er-y  day.  He  will 
soon  learn  to  write. 


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FIBST    HEADER. 


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see 

face 

sign 

rain 

tail 

ring 

catch 

thread 


LESSON  XII. 

try  her 

play  snow 

ball  long 

love  hand 

look  warm 

wash  head 

they  has 

black  white 

■  ^iijWiia— III     I I '  ■"" 


say 

cold 

boot 

feet 

sign 

rain 

the 

think 


See  puss.  See 
her  wash  her  face. 
They  say  it  is  a 
sign  of  rain  for 
puss  to  wash  her 
face.  Puss  looks 
at  her  long  tail. 
She  thinks  it  is  very  fine.  It  has  black 
and  white  rings  on  it.  Kit  plays  with  a. 
ball  of  thread.  She  loves  to  play.  SUk 
will  play  all  the  day.  See  her  ttj  0 
catch  the  ball. 


FIRST    READER. 


19 


LESSON  XIII. 

the       they       come        lit-tle       un-cle 
sh^       kind      stands  ^    ta-ble      can-dy 


This  is  Un-ole  Hen-ry,  come  td  see 
lit-tle  Tom-my^  and  Ag-nes,  and  El-Ia. 
They  bve  Un-ck  H^n-ry,  alid  lie  4f: 
ver-y  kind  to  them.  Ei-la  i^iaiids  ijii 
the  ta-ble.  She  asks  Un-de  Helir^lfei^ 
some  can-dy*  .^,  - 


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FIRST    READER. 


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school 
strike 
spring 


LESSON  IIV. 

John  is  play-ing 
ball.  See  him  strike 
vdth  his  ba4;.  He 
has  been  to  school. 
John  likes  to  play. 
His  fa-ther  gave  him 
a  book.  Af-ter  sup- 
per he  will  read  his 
John  IB  a  good  boy. 


look 

ball 

John 


read 
gave 
pky 


fa-ther 

pitch-er 

wa-ter 


■  ' 


This  lit-tle  girl  has 
a  pitch-er.  She  has 
been  to  the  spring  for 
some  wa-«ter.  She  is 
a  g«od  girL  She  has 
got  one  lit^tle  sis-ter 
at  home,  and  two  lit* 
tie  broth-ers. 


FIRST    READER. 


21 


house 
horse 
like 
bare 


LESSON  XV. 

pull  plough 

hold  shoes 

feet  their 

hurt  stones 


stick 
left 
but 
they 


Lit-tle  Gteorge,  and  Fred,  and  Em-ma, 
jare  play-ing  horse  and  j^ough.  Fred 
holds  the  stick,  for  a  plough;  and  George 
and  Em-ma  pidl  it,  like  the  horsea.  Em- 
ma has  her  shoes  on  her  feet ;  but  George 
land  Fred  left  their  shoes  in  the  hduse. 


LESSON  XVI. 


I  am  arfraid 
this  lit-tle  boy  is 
not  ver-y  good. 
He  has  been  in 
the  woodS;  and 
sto-len  a  bird's 
lifeet.  See  the  pa- 
rent birds  fly-ing 
in  the  air.  Lit- 
tle boys  should 
ner-er  rob  birds' 
nests. 


This  lit-tle  girl  sees 
a  but-ter-fly.  She 
tries  to  catch  it. 
She  runs  ver-y  fast. 
What  will  she  do 
with  the  pret-ty  but- 
ter-fly, if  she  gets 
it  ?  I  hope  she  will 
not  kill  it. 


FIK8T    BEADER. 


23 


LESSON  XVII. 

Oh,  what  a  sweet  ba-by !  See  his  dear 
lit-tle  arms  and  feet!  May  I  kiss  the 
pic-ture  ? 

Tes,  my  ehild,  but  do  not  soil  the  book. 

Oh,  what  a  Ut-tle  ba-by  to  hold  such  a 
big  stick  of  wood !  t 

My  child,  that  is  not  a  stick  of  wood. 
It  is  a  cross,  and  it  is  tlie  Infknt  Jesus 
who  gives  it  to  the  little  gifl/to  sydce 
her  a  good  child. 


24 


FIB8T    BEADZB. 


LESSON  XVIII. 

• 

This  ho  J  and  girl  have 
been  waDL-ing  all  day. 
Thej  have  plac-ed  their 
stieks  be-side  the  Cross, 
while  they  rest.  The 
gifl  has  a  straw  hat. 
Why  has  ihe  boy  none  ? 


plac-ed 
5-side^ 


iross  lore 

be-sid^  stick  book 

walk-ing         while  girl 

Lit-tle  girl,  lit-tle  boy, 
May  the  Cross  be  your  joy. 


boy 
day 
bid 


book  very  much. 


I  love  to  see  a  girl 
read  her  book.  This 
is  a  good  girl  All 
will  love  he/,  ior  she 
does  as  she  is  bid. 
Her  name  is  Ann. 
She  seems  to  like  her 
AU  good  ^Is  do. 


FIRST    READER. 


25 


LESSOJi  XIX. 


do 

too 

dig 

big 

cap 

feet 

cold 

hard 

head 

hand 

snow 

glow 

warm 


k 

his 

has 

him 

does 

with 

Tvhat 

work 

bcots 

thiak 

spade 

James 

gloves 


James  plays  in  the  snow.  He  has  a 
spade  in  his  hand.  See  him  at  work. 
What  does  he  do  with  his  spade?  He 
digs  up  the  snow.  He  has  a  warm  cap 
on  his  head,  and  big  boots  on  his  feet. 
He  has  gloves  on  his  hands.  He  works 
hard,  too.     I  do  not  think  he  is  cold. 


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FIRST    READER. 


I 


ears 

eyes 

fore 

"this 

some 


LESSON  XX. 

legs  is 

see  two 

she  pass 

her  milk 

think  name 


mice 

drink 

likes 

look 

catch 


I  see  a  cat.  She 
is  a  gray  cat.  She 
is  sit-ting  on  a  ta- 
ble. I  see  her  ears. 
I  see  erne  of  her 
eyes.  I  see  her 
whis-kers.  I  see 
her  fore-legs  and 
her  fore-paws.  She  has  two  fore-legs 
and  two  fore-paws.  She  is  look-ing. 
I  think  she  sees  some-bod-y  com-ing. 
This  cat  is  nam-ed  Tab-by.  She  hkes 
to  drink  milk.  She  can  catch  mice,  too. 
Cats  are  use-ful  an-i-mals.  They  can  see 
in  the  dark.  They  are  ver-y  pa-tient. 
They  will  watch  for  hours  at  a  hole. 


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ink 
write 


LESSON  XXL 

leans  let-ter 

learns         kind-ly 


sis-ter 
bfoth-er 


Fan-ny  is  a  ver-y  good  lit-tle  girl.    See 
her  teach-ing  her  sis-ter  Ma-ry  to  write. 


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She  holds  her  hand,  and  leans  near  her 
ver-y  kind-ly.  Ma-ry  loves  Fan-ny. 
See  the  ink-stand  on  the  ta-ble.  When 
Ma-iy  learns  to  write,  she  will  write  a 
let-ter  to  her  broth-er,  and  tell  him  all 
the  news. 

LESSON  XXII. 

off        does      child      sis-ter        try-ing 
will     ,look      learn     broth-er    pic-ture 
wish     book     teach    moth-er    look-ing 


Here  is  a  pic-ture 
of  a  child  that  does 
not  wish  to  learn  her 
let-ters,  and  so  she 
will  not  look  at  them. 
She  will  not  e-ven 
look  at  the  book. 
Her  moth-er,  and 
broth-er,  and  sis-ter 
teach  her,  but  she  does 

not  wish  to  learn,  and  she  will  not  look. 

Don't  you  see  that  she  is  look-ing  off? 


are  try-ing  to 


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LESSON   XXIII. 

Lit-tle  Sa-rah  sees 
a  bird  in  the  snow. 
She  tries  to  catch  it. 
It  is  a  Ht-tle  snow- 
bird. I  fear  it  is  ver-y 
cold.  Do  you  love 
Ut-tle  birds  ?  Yes,  but 
I  like  song-birds  best. 


bird         fear        cold        tries 
snow       love       both       catch 
down      hold       come      brave 


lit-tle 
ver-y 
Sa-rah 


LESSON  XXIV. 

Look  at  me.  I 
am  up  in  the  air. 
See,  I  let  go  both 
hands,  and  yet  I 
do  not  fall.  Am  I 
not  a  brave  boy  ? 
Now,  John,  do 
you    try.       You 


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shall  go  up,  and  I  will  go  down;  and 
hold  fast  while  you  are  up  in  the  air. 

If  you  should  fall,  you  would  come 
right  down  on  the  log.  Is  it  not  great 
fun  to  ride  on  the  see-saw  ? 


bird 

birth 

birch 

chirp 

first 


shirt 

roof 

roost 

rood 

spoon 


stool 

sloop 

scoop 

swoop 

swoon 


two 

food 

mood 

book 

could 


boot 
good 
hood 
nook 
rood 


LESSON  XXV. 


Here  lies 
Rose  in  her 
crib.  She 
has  gone  to 
sleep.  The 
light  burns 
by  the  side 
of  the  crib. 
So,  if  she 
wakes     up^ 


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she  can  see  that  she  is  not  in  the  dark. 
Then  she  will  not  cry.  But  she  should 
not  be  left  In  this  way.  Call  the  nurse, 
and  tell  her  to  sit  by  the  crib. 


LESSON  XXVI. 

God  bless  a-way  fa-ther 

just  three  pa-per  Sa-vi-our 

begs  clock  be-fore  cru-ci-flx 

desk  room  be-side  com-men-ces 


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This  is  lit-tle  Mag-gie.  She  is  a  ver-y 
good  lit-tle  girl.  She  has  just  come  in- 
to  the  room  to  write  a  let-ter  to  her 
fa-ther,  who  is  a-way  from  home.  Be- 
fore she  com-men-ces  it,  she  looks  at  the 
cru-ci-fix,  and  begs  God  to  bless  her 
dear  fa-ther  and  moth-er,  and  make  her 
a  good  girl.  Do  you  see  the  sheet  of 
pa-per  on  the  desk,  and  the  pen  be-side 
it  ?  '  There  is  a  clock  un-der  the  cru-ci- 
fix.  It  is  just  three  o'clock ;  and  lit-tle 
Mag-gie  re-mem-bers  that  this  was  the 
hour  at  which  our  Sa-vi-our  died  on  the 
cross.  Do  you  ev-er  think  of  this  when 
the  clock  strikes  three  ? 


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fly 

hen 
hay 
mow 
boy 


LESSON   XXVII. 


fall 

nest 

read 

eggs 

this 


girl 

five 

hope 

there 

school 


spell 

name 

found 

learns 

they 


on-ly 

sis-ter 

Cla-ra 

lad-der 

Charles 


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The  boy  has  found  a  hen's  nest  on  the 
hay-mow.  His  sis-ter  is  on  the  lad-der. 
I  hope  they  will  not  fall.  See  the  hen 
fly.  The  lit-tle  boy's  name  is  Charles, 
and  his  sis-ter's  name  is  Cla-ra.  There 
are  five  eggs  in  the  nest.  This  lit-tle 
boy  and  girl  go  to  school.  Charles 
learns  to  read,  and  Cla-ra  can  on-ly  spell. 
I  hope  Charles  takes  good  care  of  his 
lit-tle  sis-ter. 


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FIRST    REABEK. 


LESSON  XXVni. 


This  lit-tle  boy's 
name  is  Thom-as, 
and  the  name  of 
the  dog  is  Fi-do. 
The  dog  is  ver-y 
good.  He  seems 
hap-py  to  give  Ut- 
The  Ut-tle  boy's  cap 
He  holds  a  whip  in 


tie  Thom-as  a  ride. 

is  on  the  ground. 

his  hand.     I  hoi)e  he  will  not  strike  the 

poor  dog. 


cap 
boy 
dog 


old 
hat 

egg 


bird 
hold 
hand 


four 

seem 

whip 


fly-ing 
a-bout 
hap-py 


LESSON   XXIX. 

Here  is  a  bird's  nest, 
with  four  eggs  in  it.  The 
old  bird  is  fly-ing  a-bout 
in  the  woods.  I  think 
she  is  a  spar-row. 


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ride 
whip 


LESSON  XXX. 

whack        sta-ble 
should         a-fraid 


be-cause 
snap-per 


Do  you  see  the  sta-ble  boy?  He  is 
giv-ing  lit-tle  George  a  ride.  How  fast 
the  horse  goes!  That  is  be-cause  the 
sta-ble  boy  has  gi>-en  him  a  whack 
a-cross  the  back.  Should  you  think 
that  George  would  be  a-fraid  ?  Does  he 
look  a-fraid  ?  He  is  hold-ing  on  as  tight 
as  he  can.  I  think  he  looks  a  lit-tle 
a-fraid.  Do  you  see  the  snap-per  of  the 
whip  ?    It  is  a  dou-ble  snap-per. 


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LESSON  XXXI. 


fly 

his 

yes 

hat 

got 

boy 

you 


this 

sure 

here 

read 

whsit 

thein 

know 

f 

What  has  this  boy  got  un-der  his 
hat  ?  . 

Un-der  his  hat  ?  ) 

Yes,  un-der  his  hat. 

I'm  sure  I  don't  know.     Do  you  ? 

Yes,  I  know.     It  is  a  but-ter-fly. 

A  but-ter-fly  ? 

Yes,  a  but-ter-fly. 

Why  do  boys  and  girls  catch  but-ter- 
flies?  V 

I  don't  know.    I  think  it  is  ver-y  cru-el. 

Do  you  not  think  so  ? 

Yes,  I  do. 


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LESSON  XXXIL 


learn 
them 


look 
book 


let-ters 
will-ing 


pic-ture 
show-ing 


Here  is  a  pic-ture  of  Rose  and  her  dog 
Tray.  Rose  is  show-ing  Tray  her  book. 
Tray  looks  at  the  let-ters,  but  he  can-not 
learn  them.  He  is  will-ing  to  try,  but  it 
is  of  no  use. 

Di4  you  ev-er  see  a  dog  that  klftew  his 
let-ters? 
No,  I  think  it  would  be  ver-y  fun-ny. 


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FIRST    READER. 


roll 
purr 


LESSON  XXXIIL 

yard       farm       catch       ap-ples 
crow      creep      mouse      ra-ther 


Here  is  a  girl  look-ing  at  a  mouse ;  or 
'do  you  think  it  is  a  rat  ?  I  rath-er  think 
it  is  a  mouse.  Run,  mou-sy,  run,  or  else 
th<^  cat  will  catch  you.  Mice  can  creep, 
ap-ples  can  roll,  and  roost-ers  can  crow. 
Cats  can  purr.     I  see  a  roost-er. 


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rr'- 


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•ther 

or 
Ihink 
else 
-eep, 
irow. 


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all 

tall 

call 


say 

way 

may 


LESSON  XXXIV. 

tear        time 
near        clime 
hear       chime 


thing 
bring 
spring 


John-ny !  John-ny ! 
your  moth-er  is  call- 
ing you. 

John-ny,  don't  you 
hear? 

See,  he   does  not 
hear.     He  is  walk- 
ing and  look-ing  this 
way  all  the  time.     He  does  not  hear  his 
moth-er. 

"John,"  she  says,  "John,  come  back; 
you  have  for-got-ten  some-thing." 

I  won-der  what  it  is  that  he  has  for- 
got-ten. 

I  hope  it  is  not  one  of  his  books,  or  his 
slate,  or  copy-book.  It  is  bad  for  boys 
or  girls  to  for-get  such  thing&i,  whcMH  they 
go  to  school. 


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LESSON  XXXV. 

1! 

time          pull         ring          night 

^1 

foi 

^hI  i 

tide          pill          sing          tight 

gr 

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tell           bell          sling         flight 

Bti 

toll           ball          wing        sight 

Pl 

g8 

if  tj 

9  i'l 

till            bill          thing        light 

fill!.! 

Toll  the  bell.      Toll  the  bell. 

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bs 

Pu 

U  the  rope,  and  toll  it  well. 

di 

gt/t/KKKtMk^          J^o  you  see  the  men 

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■|^HH|K      toU-ing  the  bell  ?    No, 

h< 

fln'H|H^^            they  are  not  toll-iug 

E 

1 

lPiMiK|      it,   af-ter   all.     They 

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HnBflSIHB^    are  rihg>ing  it.    .  Feo- 

a 

>^H  Til 

^^^l^nffi^^^^^  pie  toll  a  bell  for  a 

I^^mHHHHP  fu-ner-a.1.      But   this 

L 

^^H^^^^^^K  is  for  an  a-larm.     So 

si 

1  • 

^MHHBI^^  they  are  ring-ing  it 
as  loud  as  they  can. 

^1 

g 

mm 

■Bu 

It  is  in  the  night,  and  it  is  dark,  and 

is 

we  can-not  see  the  men  very  well  who 

J 

are  ring-ing  the  bell. 

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lESSON  XXXVI. 

form      child      midst      pil-ed     gar- den 
grow     heart     shines     plant     sweet-ly 

Tom-my  was 
play-ing  in  the 
gar-den  with  his 
ba-by  sis-ter. 

He  pil-ed  the 
dirt  a-round  her 
feet ;  for,  said 
he,  I  will  plant 
Ella  that  she 
may  grow  like 
a  flow-er. 

Lit-tle  ones  should  grow  like  flow-ers. 
Like  the  child  in  the  pic-ture,  they 
should  live  in  the  heart  of  pu-ri-ty. 

Lil-ies  mean  pu-ri-ty,  and  these  lil-ies 
grow  in  the  form  of  a  heart.  The  child 
is  in  the  midst  of  them,  you  see. 

The  burn-ing  heart  of  our  Sa-vi-our 
al-ways  shines  sweet-ly  on  pu-ri-ty. 


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see 
get 
cap 
boy 


LESSON  XXXVII. 

lost  find  hands 
feet  knee  where 
tree  piece  school 
hair      down      ground 


fold-ed 
sit-ting 
hid-ing 
bro-ken 


This  boy  is  hid- 
ing a-way  un-der 
some  trees.  Do  you 
see  the  trees  ?  The 
boy  is  sit-ting  down 
up-on  the  ground, 
with  his  hands  fold- 
ed a-round  his  knee. 

See  his  feet.  See  his  hair.  See  his 
jack-et.  Where  is  his  cap?  I  am  a- 
fraid  he  has  lost  it. 

Get  up,  my  boy,  and  find  your  cap, 
and  go  to  school. 

I  fear  you  will  be  late  for  school,  and 
then  you  may  lose  your  place  in  class, 
which  would  be  a  ver-y  sad  thing,  you 
know. 


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she 
sad 
out 


LESSON  XXXVIII. 


feet 
face 
bare 


wall 
cold 
shoes 


dead 
poor 
home 


sup-per 
beg-gar 
hun-gry 


Poor  beg-gar  girl !  poor  beg-gar  girl ! 
sit-ting  un-der  a  wall!  Her  feet  are 
bare.  Her  face  ap-pears  sad.  She  is 
hold-ing  out  her  hand.  She  is  hold-ing 
it  out  to  beg. 

The  poor  girl  is  sad  and  sor-row-fiil. 


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FIRST    READER. 


Her  bare  feet  are  on  the  cold  ground. 
She  has  no  shoes. 

Her  name  is  An-nie.  She  is  very  cold 
and  very  hungry.  She  has  no  fa-ther  to 
buy  her  shoes,  and  no  moth-er  to  give 
her  any  sup-per.  They  are  both  dead, 
and  now  she  has  no  home.  Poor  lit-tle 
girl ! 

.      lESSON  XXXIX. 

all  one  this  ver-y  bro-ken 
fall  girl  poor  a-bout  pitch-er 
shall    have    what    pie-ces    bor-row-ed 


This  poor  girl  has  let  her 

pitch-er  fall,  and  it  is  all 

bro-ken  to  pie-ces.    She  is 

'^'^  ver-y  un-hap-py  a-bout  it. 

She  says, 

"Ah,  me!  what  shall  I  do?  I  have 
bro-ken  the  pitch-er  all  to  pie-ces.  And 
it  was  a  bor-row-ed  one!  What  shall 
I  dor 


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■■*•■ 


LESSON  XL. 

Here  is  a  pic-ture  of  a 
poor  man  that  has  got 
caught  in  a  show-er.  He 
has  an  um-brel-ia,  but  it 
does  not  seem  to  do  him 
much  good.  He  is  walk- 
ing along  as  fast  as  he  can^  but  I  am 
a-fraid  he  will  get  ver-y  wet.  Per-haps 
the  um-brel-ia  may  keep  his  hat  dry. 


LESSON   XLI. 

Here  is  a  pic-ture  of  a 
man  walk-ing  a-long  in 
the  snow.  You  can  see 
his  tracks  in  the  snow 
be-hind  him.  He  is  muf- 
fled up  in  a  good  warm 
cloak;  and  uis  hat  is  put  down  so  as  to 
cov-er  his  ears,  for  it  is  cold.  Do  you 
see  the  i-ci-cles  hang-ing  from  the  trees  ? 

He  is  go-ing  to  the  vil-lage.     We  can 
see  the  vil-lage  un-der  the  hilL 


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log 
lost 


LESSON  XLII. 

hope      holds       o-ver 
hand     woods      a-fraid 


wa-ter 
flow-ers 


Hen-ry  and  his  sis-tcr  Bet-sy  have  been 
out  in  the  woods  to  And  some  flow-ers. 
They  are  walk-ing  o-ver  the  wa-ter  on  a 
log.  I  think  they  have  lost  their  hat 
and  bon-net.  Bet-sy  is  a-fraid.  Hen-ry 
holds  her  hand.  I  hope  they  will  get 
o-ver  safe. 


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l-ter 
-ers 

t-ers. 
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hat 

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LESSON  XLIII. 

Jane  pulls  a  lil-y. 
Jane  is  a  good  girl. 
She  al-ways  o-beys 
her  fa-ther  and  moth- 
er. She  has  her  a- 
pron  full  of  flow-ers. 
She  will  give  them  to 
her  motli-er. 


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lost 

love 

look 


fuU  find 
pull  hold 
play    hand 


give  good  girl 
some  wood  will 
name     stood     walk 


LESSON   XLIV. 

This  is  a  pret-ty  dog. 
His  name  is  Tray.  I 
think  he  is  look-ing 
for  lit-tle  John.  Who 
loves  to  play  witn 
Tray?  John  loves  to 
play  with  Tray;  and 
so  does  lit-tle  Will. 


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LESSON  XLV. 

fast  feet  hiUs  milk 

free  ears  trees  meat 

give  eyes  dales  fruits 

glad  hands  grass  bread 


moon 
house 
greens 
clothes 


My  child,  give  God  thanks  for  the 
eyes,  with  which  you  can  see.  Thank 
Him  for  the  ears,  with  which  you  can 
hear.  Thank  Him  fcr  the  hands,  with 
which  you  can  do  so  much ;  and  for  the 


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feet,  with  which  you  can  go  so  fast  and 
free.  6iv3  God  thanks  for  your  bread, 
meat,  milk,  fruits,  and  greens,  clothes, 
bed,  and  house.  Think  ver-y  of-ten  that 
God  made  the  sun  and  moon,  the  hills 
and  dales,  trees  and  grass,  for  the  use  of 
man.  But,  a-bove  all,  be  glad  you  know 
God,  and  can  re-joice  in  Him. 


die 
bed 


LESSON   XLVI. 

save      love        cross        say-ing 
time      looks      hangs      pray-ers 


It  is  bed-time.  See ! 
lit-tle  Ma-ry  is  say-ing 
her  pray-ers  be-fore 
she  goes  to  bed.  The 
cru-ci-fix  hangs  a-bove 
her  bed.  When  lit-tle 
Ma-ry  looks  at  it,  she 
thinks  of  God^s  love 
that  made  Him  die  on 
the  Cross,  to  save  all  lit-tle  chil-dren. 


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LESSON  XLVII. 

fish  time  clear  light 
well  place  think  night 
child      heart      knows     bright 


ev-er 
riv-er 
wa-ter 


My  child,  there  is 
noth-ing  which  God 
does  not  know.  He 
who  made  your  heart 
can  see  it.  God  sees 
all  that  ev-er  you  do. 
There  is  no  place 
where  God  could  not 
see  you.  God  knows 
e-ven  what  you  think.  He  can  see  in-to 
your  heart,  as  you  can  see  the  fish  in  the 
wa-ter,  when  the  riv-er  is  clear.  God 
can  see  as  well  by  night  as  in  the  day- 
time. That  is  the  rea-son  why  we  can 
nev-er  com-mit  sin  with-out  of-fend-ing 
God.  He  is  pres-ent  ev-er-y-where,  and 
when  you  sin,  it  is  be-fore  His  face. 


FIRST  READER. 


PART    SECOND. 


LESSON  I. 

Here  is  a  lit-tle  or-phan  girl  go4ng  to 
rest.  Should  I  call  her  an  or-phan  ?  See ! 
she  is  kneel-ing  be-fore  a  stat-ue  of  Our 
Bless-red  Moth-er.  She  is  ask-ing  her  to 
be  her  moth-er,  now  and  for  ev-er. 


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Ma-iy !  Moth-er !  pure  and  bright, 
Guard  me  kind-ly  through  the  night. 
Oh !  for  ev-er  let  me  be, 
Dai-ljr,  more  and  more  Uke  thee, 
So  that,  when  I  come  to  die, 
I  shall  see  my  Moth-er  nigh. 


pot 

nigh 

al-tar 

go-ing 

rest 

bush 

ro-ses 

ask-ing 

good 

guard 

stat-ue 

mam-ma 

pours  • 

bloom 

or-phan 

kneel-ing 

LESSON  II. 

Lit-tle  WiUiam 
has  a  wa-ter-ing-pot. 
He  pours  the  wa- 
ter on  his  rose-bush, 
to  make  the  ro-ses 
bloom.  When  the 
bush  is  full  of  ro-ses, 
Ae  will  give  some  of 

them  to  his  good  maia-ma,  and  sope  he 

will  pu"*.  m  the  ul-tar. 


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sky 
high 
peep 
keep 


LESSON  IIL 

are  ti-ny 

blue       star  lit-tle 

dark      shut  nev-er 

spark     shine  a-bove 


cur-tain 
blaz-ing 
twin-kle 
di-a-mond 


Twin-kle,  twin-kle,  lit-tle  star ; 
How  I  won-der  what  you  are  I 
Up  a-bove  the  world  so  high. 
Like  a  di-a-mond  in  the  sky. 


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FIRST    BEADER. 


When  the  blaz-ing^un  is  gone, 
When  he  noth-ing  shines  up-on, 
Then  you  show  your  lit-tle  light, 
Twin-kle,  twin-kle,  all  the  night. 

Then  the  trav-el-ler  in  the  dark 
Thanks  you  for  your  ti-ny  spark ; 
He  could  not  see  which  way  to  go, 
If  you  did  not  twin-kle  so. 

In  the  dark  blue  sky  you  keep, 
And  of-ten  through  my  cur-tains  peep, 
For  you  nev-er  shut  your  eye, 
Till  the  sun  is  in  the  sky. 

As  your  bright  and  ti-ny  spark 
Lights  the  trav-el-ler  in  the  dark, 
Though  I  know  not  what  you  are,     % 
Twin-kle,  twin-kle,  lit-tle  star  1 


bird 

eggs 
right 


LESSON  IV. 

nest        hole  rob 

flew        high  rock 

stand     three  reach 


a-pron 
un-der 
play-mg 


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55 


These  are  Mr.  Gray's  three  chil-dren. 
They  were  play-ing  un-der  the  rocks. 
John-ny  saw  a  hole  in  the  rock,  and  a 
bird  flew  out  of  it.  James  said  the  bird 
had  a  nest  in  the  hole.  It  was  too  high 
to  reach.  See  how  John-ny  stands  on 
James's  back  to  get  the  eggs.  Jane 
holds  out  her  a-pron  for  the  eggs.  The 
poor  bird  is  ver-y  sad.  It  is  not  right 
for  these  lit-tle  chil-dren  to  rob  the  poor 
bird's  nest. 


56 


FIRST    READER. 


way 
wag 
next 


LESSON  Y. 

side  give  ly-ing 
read  loud  lis-ten 
gone     knee     sit-ting 


her-self 

prac-tice 

kneel-ing 


LEARNING    TO    READ. 

The  man  is  read-ing  a  sto-ry,  and  all 
the  chil-dren  are  iis-ten-ing.  Do  you  see 
the  book  ?  The  man  is  hold-ing  it  up-on 
his  knee.  Lit-tle  Lu-cy  is  kneel-ing  on 
the  foot-stool  by  his  side,  Iis-ten-ing. 
She  can-not  read  her-self.  She  has 
nev-er  learn-ed, 

James  is  the  next  old-est.     He  is  sit- 


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57 


ting  on  a  chair.  His  lit-tle  dog,  Wag,  is 
ly-ing  down  by  his  side.  James  is  lis- 
ten-ing  to  the  sto-ry,  but  Wag  has  gone 
to  sleep.  AVag  can-not  un-der-stand  the 
sto-ry  at  all,  but  James  is  lis-ten-ing 
ver-y  at-ten-tive-ly.  Don't  you  see  how 
earn-est  and  at-ten-tive  he  looks  ? 

James  has  learn-ed  to  read,  but  he 
r  :i-not  read  ver-y  well,  and  so  he  pre- 
fers to  have  his  fa-ther  read  his  sto-ry- 
books  to  him.    . 

The  rea-son  why  James  can-not  read 
ver-y  well  him-self,  is  be-cause  he  has 
not  h?id  e-nough  of  prac-tice.  The  way 
to  hav^e  prac-tice,  is  to  take  a  book,  and 
read  in  it  a-loud  by  your-self  a  lit-tle 
ev-cr-y  day.  If  you  take  this  book,  and 
read  two  les-sons  a-loud  ev-er-y  day,  one 
in  the  fore-noon,  and  one  in  the  af-ter- 
noon  or  e-ven-ing,  and  read  them  as  dis- 
tinct-ly  and  care-ful-ly  as  you  can,  that 
will  give  you  prac-tice,  and  in  a  short 
time  you  will  be  a-ble  to  read  ver-y  well. 


4 


58 


FIRST    READER. 


LESSON  VI. 


foot 

food 

floor 

stood 

school 


la-dy 

eld-est 

hun-ger 

pray-ing 

chil-dren 


sack      '  as-sist 

home  re-fuse 

bread  wid-ow 

things  dis-tress 

church  sur-prise 

THE   CHILD'S   PRAYER. 

A  poor  wid-ow  said,  one  morn-ing,  to 
her  five  young  chil-dren : 

"My  dear  chil-dren,  I  have  noth-ing 
to  give  you  for  break-fast  this  morn-ing ; 
I  have  no  bread,  nor  flour,  nor  po-ta- 
toes;  for  I  have  not  been  a-ble  to  get 
any  work  late-ly ;  so  you  must  pray  our 
good  God  to  help  us ;  for  He  is  rich  and 
all-pow-er-ful,  and  tells  us  to  in-voke  Him 
in  our  dis-tress,  and  He  will  as-sist  us.'* 

Her  eld-est  boy,  James,  scarce-ly  six 
years  old,  went  off,  sad  and  fast-ing,  to 
his  school  He  stop-ped  at  the  church, 
and  go-ing  in,  fell  on  his  knees  at  the 
foot  of  an  al-tar. 


\ 


FIRST    READER. 


59 


I 


Think-ing  he  was  a-lone  in  the  church, 
he  pray-ed  a-loud,  say-ing :  "  0  my  good 
Fa-ther  in  heav-en,  look  up-fon  us  five 
lit-tle  chil-dren,  who 
have  no  food  to  eat. 
Our  moth-er  has  no 
bread  nor  po-ta-toes 
to  give  us,  do  you 
give  us  some-thing 
that  we  may  not  all 
die  of  hun-ger.  0 
my  good  God,  as-sist 
us !  you  who  are  pow-er-ful  and  so  rich, 
can  ea-si-ly  help  us.  Tou  prom-is-ed  to 
do  so,  and  I  know  you  will  not  re-fuse 
lis,  good  Lord." 

Thus  pray-ed  lit-tle  James  in  the  sim- 
pli-ci-ty  of  his  heart,  and  then  he  left  the 
church,  and  went  cheer-ful-ly  to  school. 
When  he  re-turn-ed  home,  what  was  his 
sur-prise  to  find  on  the  ta-ble  sev-er-al 
loaves  of  bread,  and  a  sack  of  po-ta-toes 
on  the  floor. 


60 


FIBbT    READER. 


"  Oh !  thank  God/'  cried  he,  trans-port- 
ed wi"  joy,  "he  has  heard  my  pray-er. 
Tell  L/e,  moth-er,  was  it  not  an  an-gel 
who  brought  these  good  things  through 
the  win-dow  ?" 

"  No,  my  child,"  re-pli-ed  his  moth-er, 
"God  cer-tain-ly  sent  them,  but  not  by 
his  an-gels.  When  you  were  pray-ing  in 
the  church,  a  good  la-dy,  whom  you  did 
not  see,  heard  your  pray-er,  and  im-me- 
di-ate-ly  sent  her  ser-vant  with  these 
pro-vi-sions.  And  now,  my  dear  chil- 
dren, let  us  all  thank  our  dear  good  God, 
and  nev-er  for-get  that — 

^'  God,  our  Father,  will  ev-er  heed 
Our  fer-vent  pray-er  in  time  of  need." 


when 
could 
would 
where 


a-way 
a-muse 
de-Ught 
star-ling 


LESSON  VII. 

pock-et 
mo-ment 
neigh-bor 
hunts-man 


seiz-ed 
train-ed 
steal-ing 
Maur-ice 


FIRST    READER. 


61 


THE    STARLING. 

Matir-ice';  the  old  hunts-man,  bad  a 
star-ling  in  his  room,  which  had  been 
train-ed  to  speak  a  few  words.  If  the 
hunts-man  cried,  '^  Star-ling,  where  are 
you?"  the  star-ling  would  al-ways  an- 
swer, ''  Here  I  am !" 

Lit-tle  Charles,  a  ncigb-bor's  boy,  took 
par-tic-u-lar  de-light  in  the  bird,  and 
of-ten  paid  it  a  vis-it.  One  time,  when 
Charles  came,  the  hunts-man  was  not  in 
his  room.  Charles  im-me-(li-  ate-ly  seiz- 
ed the  bird,  stuflF-ed  it  in-to  his  pock-et, 
and  was  steal-ing  a- way  with  it. 


But  just  at  that  mo-ment  the  hunts- 
man came  to  the  door.  In-tend-ing  to 
a-muse  the  boy,  he  cried  out,  as  u-su-al, 
"Where  are  you?'^  and  the  bird  in  the 
boy's  pock-et,  cried  out,  as  loud  as  it 
could,  "Here  I  amT' 


LESSON  VIII. 

nice  a-lone         sis-ter 

pitch  hon-ey     .  ter-ror     , 

reach  mor-tal      kitch-en 

struck  win-dow    cleav-ing 


\ 

dai-ry 
pic-ture 
spin-ning 
dark-ness 


THE    EYE    OF   GOD. 

James  and  Anne  were  once  a-lone  in 
the  house. 

"  Come,''  said  James  to  Anne,  "  let  us 
look  for  some-thing  nice  to  eat ;  and  let 
us  en-joy  our-selves." 

"  Ver-y  well,"  re-plied  Anne,  "  if  you 
can -take  me  to  a  place  where  no  one  can 
see  us,  I  will  go  with  you." 
"  Well,  then,"  said  James,  "  come  with 


me  in-to  the  dai-ry,  and  let  us  have  a 
dish  of  the  de-li-cious  cream/'  . 

"No,  no,"  said  Anne;  "our  neigh-bor, 
who  is  cleav-ing  wood,  can  see  us  there." 


"  Well,  then,  come  in-to  the  kitch-en,'^ 
said  James.  "There  is  a  pot-ful  of 
hon-ey  in  the  kitch-en  press,  and  we  will 
dip  our  bread  in-to  it." 

"You  for-get,"  Anne  re-plied,  "our 
neigh-bor,  who  sits  spin-ning  at  her  win- 
dow, can  see  in  there." 

"  Well,  let  us  eat  some  ap-ples  down 
in  the  cel-lar,"  said  James;  "it  is  so 
pitch  dark  there,  that  no  one  can  pos-si- 
bly  see  us." 


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64                        FIRST    READER. 

H^^^^^^Ba 

Anne  re-plied:  "Oh!  my  dear  James! 

^^^^^H 

do  jiou  then  real-ly  think  that  no  one 

H 

1 

sees  us  there  ?     Do  you  know  noth-ing  of 

H 

f 
! 

the  Eye  a-bove,  which  pier-ces  through 

^m 

the  walls,  and  looks  in-to  dark-ness  it- 

^^v 

self?'' 

James  was  struck  with  ter-ror. 

W^M 

/'You  are  right,  dear  sis-ter,"  said  he. 

^^Bii 

"God  sees  us,  e-ven  where  no  mor-tal 

eye  can  reach.     We  will  not,  then,  do 
e-vil  any-where.'' 

^H* 

Anne  was  de-light-ed  that  James  took 

1 

8iT 

^^B< 

her  word  to  heart,  and  gave  him  a  pret- 
ty pic-ture.    The  Eye  of  God  was  rep-re- 

1 

KJll 

w 

To 

II 

sent-ed  sur-round-ed  with  rays ;  and  be- 

I 

ll 

low  was  writ-ten : 

1 

4 

"Whith-or,  tliou  fooll  ah!  wliitli-er  canst  thon  fly, 

I 

^H 

Se-cur©  from  God's  all-pen-e-trat-ing  eye  ?** 

1 

W 
Mj 

11 

LESSON  IX. 

1 

< 

atid           path          stole            vir-tue 

1 

An 

pain         guide         friend          stray-ed 

1 

^^^H       ' 

stepft        cheek         taught        watch-ed 

' 

I 

t 

^ 

1 

FIRST    READER. 


65 


^ 


MY   ANGEL. 

Since  first  my  eyes  be-held  the  light, 
Who  was  it  watch-ed  both  day  and  night, 
To  guide  my  tot-ter-ing  steps  a-right  ? 
My  an-gel !  my  an-gel ! 
My  guar-dian  an-gel  dear ! 


Who  was  it  taught  me  how  to  pray, 
My  par-ents  al-ways  to  o-bey, 
And  led  me  in-to  vir-tue's  way? 

My  an-gel !  my  an-gel ! 
My  guar-dian  an-gel  dear ! 


N 


■ 


I 


n 
if 

T 


Oft  when  in  dan-ger's  path  I  stray-ed, 
Or  by  deep  pre-ci-pi-ces  play-ed, 
Who  sav-ed  me  by  his  time-ly  aid  ? 
My  an-gel !  my  an-gel ! 
My  guar-dian  an-gel  dear ! 

When  press-ed  with  pain,  and  the  big  tear 
Stple  down  my  cheek,  what  friend  was 

near 
To  say,  "  The  will  of  God  re-vere  ?" 
My  an-gel !  my  an-gel ! 
My  guar-dian  an-gel  dear ! 


sick 

time 

close 

band 

leave 

beads 

please 


LESSON  X. 

pain  fear 

fresh  long 

weep  kind 

heart  voice 

death  wings 

smiles  weeks 

twelve  ground 


pe-tals 

pil-low 

gen-tle 

clos-ing 

pain-ful 

cheer-ful 

bright-ness 


FIRST    HEADER. 


67 


:^ek:r^ 


THE  DEATH  OF  LITTLE  ALICE. 

We  are  ver-y  sad  when  our  friends 
die;  and  it  is  pain-ful  ^o  see  those  we 
love  laid  in  the  cold  ground.  But  it  is 
ver-y  sweet  to  think  s  bout  the  death  of 
those  who  die  as  Al-ice  did. 

She  could  not  re-mem-ber  the  time  she 
had  not  pray-ed  to  Our  Bless-ed  Moth-er, 
and  she  was  so  de-vo-ted  to  her,  that 
when  tak-en  ver-y  sick,  she  had  no  fear 
of  death. 


fc 


^ 


68 


FIRST    READER. 


She  was  ill  for  twelve  long  weeks,  but 
was  ver-y  pa-tient  and  lov-ing  all  the 
while,  though  she  suf-fer-ed  much  pain. 

She  had  a  dear  lit-tle  al-tar  at  her  bed- 
side,  with  a  cru-ci-fix,  giv-en  her  by  her 
kind  con-fes-sor,  Fa-ther  Kee-nan,  and  a 
pret-ty  white  sta-tue  of  the  Bless-ed  Vir- 
gin up-on  it. 

'  Her  play-mates  brought  fresh  flow-ers 
for  it  ev-er-y  day;  and  they  al-ways 
went  from  the  room  with  tear-ful  eyes. 

Al-ice  said  gen-tle  and  cheer-ful  words, 
but  it  al-ways  seem-ed  that  there  were 
an-gels  all  a-round  her,  and  the  chil-dren 
would  weep,  though  they  could  not  tell 
why. 

One  e-ven-ing,  at  sun-set,  dear  lit-tle 
Al-ice  had  just  fin-ish-ed  say-ing  her 
beads,  when  she  ask-ed  her  moth-er  to 
change  her  pil-low,  and  smooth  her  hair 
a  lit-tle. 

Ttiis  done,  the  moth-er  was  a-bout  to 
leave  the  room,  when  Al-ice  call-ed  her 


FIRST    READER. 


69 


back  and  said,  "  Do  you  see  them,  moth- 
er ?  Oh,  they  have  come  for  me  at  last, 
and  I  must  go  V 

The  poor  la-dy's  voice  trem-bled,  and 
her  eyes  flU-ed,  but  she  said,  "I  see  noth- 
ing, dear-est.  Close  your  eyes,  love,  and 
go  to  sleep,  for  you  are  wea-ry." 

"  No,  no,  dear  moth-er !  Please  send 
for  Fa-ther  Kee-nan.  And  don't  you  see 
them  all  a-bout  the  room?  Oh!  they 
are  so  beau-ti-ful,  I  could  nev-e»\  nev-er 
be  part-ed  from  them ;''  and  she  clasp-ed 
her  lit-tle  hands  o-ver  the  cru-ci-fix  up- 
on her  bo-som. 

A  smile  like  the  bright-ness  of  morn- 
ing sun-light  o-ver  a  white  rose-bud  was 
up-on  her  face  all  the  while. 

Dear  lit-tle  Al-ice !  she  saw  her  guar- 
dian an-gel  at  the  head  of  her  bed,  and 
a  lit-tle  band  with  wings  white  as  snow 
hov-er-ing  o-ver  her ;  and  they  held  in 
their  hands  the  crown  she  was  to  wear 
in  heav-en.     But,  best  of  all,  she  saw  Our 


I 


70 


FIRST    READER. 


Ho-ly  Moth-er,  with  the  Di-vine  Child  in 
her  arms,  wait-ing  to  take  her  home. 

The  priest  came,  and  Ut-tle  Al-ice  re- 
ceiv-ed  Our  Bless-ed  Lord  in-to  her  heart, 
and  was  a-noint-ed ;  then  she  fell  a-sleep 
in  death,  like  a  lil-y  clos-ing  its  pe-tals  at 
night-fall. 


LESSON   XI. 

wait  slide  pret-ty 

deep  pond  hard-ly 

thick  skate  anx-ious 

crack  freeze  mo-ment 


en-joy 
win-ter 
e-nough 
pleas-ure 


DANGER    OF    SKATING. 

There  were  some  boys  once,  who  liv-ed 
near  a  pond;  and  when  win-ter  came, 
they  were  ver-y  anx-ious  to  have  it 
freeze  o-ver,  so  that  they  could  slide  and 
skate  up-on  the  ice. 

At  last,  there  came  a  ver-y  cold  night, 
and  in  the  morn-ing  the  boys  went  to 
the  pond,  to  see  if  the  ice  would  bear 
them. 


FIRST    READER. 


71 


Their  fa-ther  came  by  at  that  mo- 
ment, and  see-ing  that  it  was  hard-ly 
thick  e-nough,  told  the  boys  that  it  was 
not  safe  yet,  and  ad-vis-ed  them  to  wait 
an-oth-er  day  be-fore  they  ven-tur-ed 
up-on  it.  ^ 

But  the  boys  were 
in  a  great  hur-ry  to 
en-joy  the  pleas-ure 
of  sUd-ing  and  skat- 
ing. So  they  walk- 
ed out  up-on  the  ice ; 
but  pret-ty  soon  it 
went  crack — crack 
— crack !  and  down  they  were  all  plung- 
ed in-to  the  wa-ter ! 

It  was  not  ver-y  deep,  so  they  got 
out,  though  they  were  ver-y  wet,  and 
came  near  drown-ing;  and  all  be-cause 
they  could  not  wait.  Thus  you  see  that 
noth-ing  good  will  come  to  those  who 
dis-o-bey  their  par-ents.  Keep  this  in 
mind,  and  you  will  do  well. 


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FIRST    READER. 


LESSON  XII. 

edge  kept  a-fraid 

peck  dove  try-ing 

three  grown  bas-ket 

spread  thrown  pick-ing 


a-light 
far-ther 
per-haps 
chick-ens 


THE  DOVES  AND  THE  CHICKENS. 

Do  you  see  the  three  lit-tle  chick-ens  ? 
Be-sides  the  three  chick-ens,  there  are 
hens,  and  al-so  some  doves.  The  dove- 
house  is  up  a-bove.    Do  you  see  the 


I  ! 


o-pei 
is  th( 

Th 
They 
a-ligl 

a-cro 

Do 

a-croi 

some 

three 

The  ] 

He  h 

down 

!  a-frai< 

'  ting  d 

The 
the  g] 
fly-in^ 
some  i 
corn  d 
and  cl 
throw] 
hands 


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*'-'-"j^?-' 


FIRST    READER. 


73 


.tl 


? 

e 


e 


o-pen-ing  where  the  doves  go  in  ?  That 
is  their  door. 

The  doves  can  get  in  ver-y  ea-si-ly. 
They  can  fly  up  from  the  ground,  and 
a-Ught  up-on  the  lit-tle  roof  that  pass-es 
a-cross  be-low  their  door. 

Do  you  see  the  lit-tle  roof  that  pass-es 
a-cross  be-low  their  door?  There  are 
some  doves  up-on  it  now.  There  are 
three  grown  doves  and  one  lit-tle  one. 
The  lit-tle  one  is  ver-y  near  the  door. 
He  has  just  come  out.  He  is  sit-ting 
down  on  the  edge  of  the  roof.  He  is 
a-fraid  to  come  any  far-ther,  so  he  is  sit- 
ting down  and  look-ing  a-bout. 

There  are  two  or  three  doves  up-on 
the  ground,  and  there  is  one  in  the  air 
fly-ing  down.  He  is  fly-ing  down  to  get 
some  corn.  Bob-by  is  scat-ter-ing  some 
corn  down  up-on  the  ground  for  the  hens, 
and  chick-ens,  and  doves.  He  has  just 
thrown  some  down.  Don't  you  see  his 
hands  spread  out  ? 


74 


FIRST    READER. 


•a     i 


The  com  is  kept  in  a  bas-ket  Look 
all  a-bout,  and  per-haps  you  can  soc 
bas-ket.  One  of  the  hens  is  try-ing  to 
peck  in-to  the  bas-ket,  and  get  some  of 
the  corn  there,  in-stead  of  go-ing  with 
the  rest,  and  pick-ing  it  up  off  tho  giound 
as  Eub-by  throws  it  down. 


LESSON  XIIL 


dusk 
lamp 
town 
fields 
thing 


beau-ty 
heav-en 
de-light 
shin-ing 
mead-ow 


dur-ing 

be-hold 

wom-an 

ab-sence 

chil-dren 


re-turn-ed 

sud-den-ly 

ap-pear-ed 

fol-low-ing 

yes-ter-day 


THE    SUN. 

One  e-ven-ing,  at  dusk,  an  in-dus-tri- 
ous  poor  wom-an  was  com-ing  home, 
af-ter  her  day's  work  in  the  fields,  with 
her  chil-dren,  when,  be-hold,  a  light-ed 
lamp  8ud-den-ly  ap-pear-ed  up-on  the 
ta-ble: 


"  How  can  this  be  ?"  cried  Gteorge,  in 
a-maze-ment ;  "there  cer-tain-ly  was  no 
one  in  the  house.  Who  can  have  light- 
ed the  lamp  ?" 


'Oh/'  said  Mar-ga-ret,  "who  should 
it  be  but  fa-ther?  He  must  have  re- 
turn-ed  from  town  dur-ing  our  ab- 
sence." 

The  chil-dren  ran  to  look  for  him,  and, 
to  their  great  joy,  found  him  in  the  next 
room. 

On  the  foUow-ing  day  the  par-ents 
and  chil-dren  were  mak-ing  hay  in  their 


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76 


FIRST    READER. 


large  mead-ow.  The  sun  was  shin-i.ig 
with  more  than  u-su-al  bril-lian-cy  and 
beaii-ty,  and  the  chil-dren  were  in  the 
great-est  de-light. 

^^Now,  chil-dren/'  said  the  fa-ther, 
"  you  read-i-lj  guess-ed  yes-ter-day  that 
it  was  I  who  light-ed  the  lamp  in  the 
room ;  but  now  that  you  look  at  that 
beau-ti-ful  and  ma-jes-tic  light,  the  glo- 
ri-ous  sun,  ap  yon-der  in  the  heav-ens, 
should  it  not  oc-cur  to  you  who  it  was 
that  light-ed  it?" 

"Oh  yesf'  said  Mar-ga-ret;  "it  was 
our  dear  God.  The  small-est  oil-lamp 
can-not  light  of  it-self;  and  there-fore 
there  must  be  One  who  has  light-ed  the 


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sun. 

"  So  there  is,''  cried  George,  joy-ful-ly. 
"God  has  made  all  things.  The  sun,  the 
moon,  the  stars,  the  grass,  the  flow-ers 
and  trees,  and  all  things  that  we  be-hold 
ev-er-y-where  a-round  us,  are  the  work 
of  His  hands." 


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lESSOK  XIV. 


GOOD-BY  TO  THE  STABLE  OF  BETHLEHEM. 

Dear  Crib  of  Beth-le-hem,  good-by ! 

Fm  go-kig  now,  but  still 
My  In-fant  Sa-viour  will  be  nigh, 

That  I  may  do  His  will. 

I  take  the  Cross  He  gives  to  m^ ; 

My  an-gel  dear  is  nigh, 
From  wick-ed  thoughts  to  keep  me  free ; 

To  be  a  saint  Fll  try. 


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LESSOJf  XV. 


rode 

I  desk 
brow 
doubt 
bright 
taught 


dust 

path 

once 

claim 

world 

course 


of-fer 

no-ble 

hab-its 

in-duce 

dis-pose 

smil-iug 


pi-ous 

pre-fer 

de-pend 

be-came 

mer-chant 

Bweep-ings 


THE   HONEST   BOY. 

"  That  is  right,  my  boy  \"  said  the  mer- 
chant, smil-ing  up-on  the  bright  face  of 
his  lit-tle  boy.  He  had  just  brought  him 
a  dol-lar  that  lay  a-mong  the  dust  and 


sweep-ings.     "Al-ways  be  hon-est.     It  is 
the  best  pol-i-cy." 

"So  my  moth-er  taught  me/'  re-plied 
the  boy.  "  She  said  I  should  al-ways  do 
right ;  and  then  God  woul'l  love  me." 

The  mer-chant  tum-ed  to-wards  the 
desk,  and  the  thought-ful-fa-ced  lit-tle 
boy  re-sum-ed  his  du-ties. 

In  the  course  of  the  mom-ing  a  rich 
man  call-ed  in-to  the  store.  While  con- 
vers-ing,  he  said : 

"  I  have  no  chil-dren  of  my  own,  and 
I  fear  to  a-dopt  one.  My  ex-pe-ri-ence 
is,  that  a  boy  of  twelve,  which  is  the  age 
I  should  pre-fer,  is  al~ways  con-firm-ed 
in  his  hab-its,  and  if  they  are  bad — " 

"  Stop !"  said  the  mer-chant,  'you  see 
that  lad  there,  with  that  no-ble  brow? 
He  is  re-mark-a-ble  for  hon-es-ty !" 

"Yes,  yes — ^that  is  what  ev-er-y-bod-y 
tells  me  who  has  boys  to  dis-pose  of. 
No  doubt  he  will  do  well  e-nough  be- 
fore   your    face.      IVe    tried    a    good 


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man-y,  and  have  been  de-ceiv-ed  more 
than  once." 

"  Sir,  you  may  de-pend  up-on  his  hon- 
es-ty.  Ha  is  an  or-phan,  and  poor ;  but 
noth-ing  can  in-duce  him  to  de-vi-ate 
from  the  path  of  rec-ti-tude." 

"  Have  you  any  claim  up-on  him  T 

"Not  the  least  in  the  worid,  ex-cept 
what  com-mon  be-nev-o-lence  of-fers. 
In-deed  the  boy  is  too  good  for  me !" 

"  Then  I  will  a-dopt  him." 

The  lit-tle  fel-low  rode  home  in  a  car- 
riage, and  was  ush-er-ed  in-to  a  lux-u- 
ri-ous  home ;  and  he  who  once  sat  shiv- 
er-ing  in  the  cold,  list-en-ing  to  the  words 
of  a  pi-ous  moth-er,  be-came  a  great  and 
dis-tin-guish-ed  man. 


path 
leave 
tread 
breast 


LESSON  XVI. 

beam  of-fer 

dwell  sin-ful 

shrine  en-fold 

yearns  sleep-ing 


a^new 
gen-tle 
treas-ure 
spark-ling 


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LITTLE   MARY'S   EVENING  PRAYER. 

0  Ma-ry !  my  sweet  Moih-er,  now, 
Ere  on  my  lit-tle  bed 

1  lay  me  down,  I  beg  that  thou 

Wouldst  thy  dear  in-flu-ence  shed. 

The  stars  are  look-ing  down  on  me 
With  gen-tle,  lov-ing  eyes, 

And  from  each  spark-ling  beam  I  see 
Praise  to  my  God  a-rise. 


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And  thou,  sweet  Moth-er !  dost  be-hold 
Each  heart  that  yearns  for  thee ; 

Oh,  wilt  thou  to  thy  breast  en-fold 
A  sin-ful  child  like  me  ? 

Oh,  make  me  pure,  thou  Moth-er  sweet ! 

All  gen-tle,  kind,  and  true ! 
Take,  take  fhe  love  that  at  thy  feet 

I  of-fer  here  a-new. 


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Sweet  Moth-er !  make  my  heart  like  thine, 

That  oth-er3  may  be  led 
To  lay  their  treas-ures  at  thy  shrine, 

And  take  the  path  I  tread. 

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I  leave  my  bird-ies  to  thy  care, 

And  all  my  pret-ty  flow-ers. 
For  they  are  thine,  0  Moth-er  fair  J 

In  sun-shine  and  in  show-ers. 

And  ev-er-y  thing  I  love  is  thine ; 

I  will  not  sigh  or  weep, 
But  sweet-ly  near  thy  bless-ed  shrine 

Will  lay  me  down  to  sleep. 


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Then  make  me,  Ma-ry,  like  thy  Son, 
Who  shed  His  blood  for  me. 

That  I,  when  life's  short  day  is  done, 
May  dwell  with  Him  and  thee. 


LESSON  XVII. 

sour      vine      taste        glad 
edge     fond      bimch      reach 
hung     teeth     grapes    spring 


sil-ly     • 

a-long 

jump-ed 


THE  FOX  AND  THE  GRAPEa 

A  fox  cast  his  eyes  up-on  a  fine  bunch 
of  grapes,  which  hung  on  the  top  of  a 
vine,  and  made  him  long  for  them. 


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"  How  nice  they  look !  I  must  have 
a  taste  of  them/'  He  made  a  spring  at 
them,  but  did  not  reach  them;  yet  he 
would  not  leave  them,  and  tried  for  them 
a  long  time. 

He  leap-ed  and  jump-ed,  till,  tired  out, 
he  was  glad  at  last  to  rest.  When  he 
found  all  his  pains  were  vain,  he  cried : 

"'Who  cares !  I  am  sure  they  are  as 
sour  as  crab-ap-ples,  not  fit  to  eat,  and 
would  set  my  teeth  on  edge  for  a  week ; 
so  I  will  leave  them  for  the  next  fool 
that  comes  a-long,  and  is  so  sil-ly  as  to 
be  fond  of  sour  grapes." 

So  it  is  with  man-y  per-sons;  what 
they  can-not  ob-tain,  they  af-fect  to  de- 
spise. Like  the  fox  and  the  grapes,  it 
is  sour  grapes  with  them. 


bark 
truth 
know 


LESSON  XVIIL 

no-bly         cher-ry  for-give 

cul-prit       gar-den  mis-chief 

pres-ent      leav-ing  strip-ping 


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GEORGE    WASHINGTON. 

When  George  Wash-ing-ton  was  a-bout 
six  years  of  age,  some  out^  made  him  a 
pres-ent  of  an  axe.  lat-tle  George  went 
a-bout  chop-ping  ev-er  y  thing  that  came 
in  his  way;  and,  go-ing  in-to  the  gar- 
den, he  tried  its  edge  on  an  Eng-Hsh 
cher-ry-tree,  strip-ping  it  of  its  bark, 
and  leav-ing  lit-tle  hope  of  its  liv-ing. 

The  next  morn-ing,  when  his  fa-ther 
saw  the  tree,  which  was  a  great  fa-vor- 
ite,  in  this  state,  he  ask-ed  who  had  done 
the.  mis-chief ;  but  no  one  could  tell  him. 


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At  length  George  came,  with  the  axe 
in  his  hand,  wh^re  his  fa-ther  was,  wlio 
in-stant-ly  sus-pect-ed  him  to  be  tie 
cul-prit. 

**  George,"  said  he,  '^  do  you  know  who 
kill-ed  that  beau-ti-ful  lit-tle  cher-ry- 
tree  ?" 

The  child  paus-ed  for  a  mo-ment,  and 
then  no-bly  re-plied — 

'^  I  can-not  tell  a  lie :  it  was  I  cut  it 
with  my  axe/' 

"  Run  to  my  arms,  my  bo^ !"  ex-claim- 
ed his  fa-ther ;  "  run  to  mv  arms !  I 
for-give  you  for  de-stroy-ing  my  tree, 
since  yoii  have  had  the  hon-es-ty  and 
man-li-ness  thus  to  tell  the  truth  a-bout 
it." 


LESSON   XIX. 

lead      pure      scene     de-cay  in-fant 

faint     shine     home     sis-ters  en-ters 

types    share    smiles    sor-row  hap-py 

grace    peace    dwells    sliad-ow  earth-ly 


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HOME. 

Oh !  how  I  love  you,  fa-ther  dear ! 

I  love  my  moth-er  too : 
I've  none  in  all  this  hap-py  world 

One-half  so  dear  as  yo'i. 
Sis-ters  and  broth-ers,  each  in  turn, 

Share  all  my  joys  and  fears : 
Oh !  what  a  bright  glad  home  is  mine ! 

This  home  of  smiles  and  tears. 

But  then,  you  tell  me  I  have  got 

A  dear-er  Home  a-bove ; 
A  scene  where  sor-row  en-ters  not, 

A  home  of  peace  and  love. 


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For  world-ly  joys,  though  bright  they 
shine, 

Come  quick,  and  then  de-cay ; 
And  par-ents'  love,  and  earth-ly  smiles 

Of  home  soon  pass  a- way. 

What  though  I  have  a  fa-ther  here ; 

That  fa-ther  has  been  giv-en 
To  lead  my  in-fant  heart  to  love 

*^  Our  Fa-ther"  dear  "  in  heav-en." 
And  moth-er's  love,  so  fond,  so  pure, 

Oh !  what  is  that  to  me. 
As  of-ten  as  I  think  up-on 

The  love  that  dwells  in  Thee. 


Ma-ry !  dear  Moth-er  of  my  Lord, 

"  So  blesi,*'  so  "  full  of  grace !" 
Dear  Moth-er  of  Christ^s  lit-tle  ones, 

Oh !  how  I  love  thy  face ! 
Thii^,  all  I  see  on  this  glad  earth 

Faint  types  and  shad-ows  are, 
Of  joys  that  fade  not  in  the  sky — 

That  home  so  bright  and  fair ! 


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LESSON  XX. 

bird        vain-ly        use-less  dis-cov-er 

treat       pry-ing       hurt-ful  piir-su-iiig 

catch      re-place      ca-na-ry  de-serv-ed 

proof     scarce-ly     cu-ri-ous  per-fect-ly 

breath    chirp-ing    mer-ri-ly  beau-ti-ful 


THE    CANAflY    BIRD. 

Sii-san  beg-ged  her  moth-er  to  buy  her 
a  ca-iia-ry  bird. 

''Yes,"  said  her  moth-er,  *'you  shall 
have  one  when  you  be-come  per-fect-ly 


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FIRST    READER. 


o-be-di-ent  and  in-dus-tri-ous ;  but  es- 
pe-cial-ly  when  you  give  up  your  hab-it 
of  pry-ing  in-to  use-less  and  e-ven  hurt- 
ful things/- 

Su-san  prom-is-ed  that  she  would  give 
it  up.  One  day  she  came  home  from 
school. 

"Here/'  said  her  moth-er,  "is  a  new 
lit-tle  box  on  the  ta-ble.  Now,  mind 
you  do  not  o-pen  it ;  do  not  e-ven  touch 
it.  If  you  o-bey  me,  I  shall  soon  have  a 
great  treat  in  store  for  you.'' 

Her  moth-er  then  went  out  to  vis-it  her 
lit-tle  sick  god-son  Wil-liam;  but  scarce- 
ly was  she  out  of  the  door,  be-fore  the 
cu-ri-ous  girl  had  the  box  in  her  hand. 
"  llow  light  it  is !"  she  said ;  "  and  there 
are  some  lit-tle  holes  in  the  lid !  What 
can  there  be  in  it  ?" 

She  o-pen-ed  the  lit-tle  box,  and,  be- 
hold! a  love-ly  lit-tle  ca-na-ry  im-me- 
di-ate-ly  hop-ped  out,  and  flew,  chirp-ing 
mer-ri~ly,  a-bout  the  room.     Su-san  en- 


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deav-or-ed  to  catch  the  ca-na-ry,  and 
re-place  it  in  the  box,  in  or-der  that  her 
moth-er  might  not  dis-cov-er  what  she 
had  done. 

But  as  she  was  vain-ly  pur-su-ing  the 
Uve-ly  lit-tle  bird  a-bout  the  room,  quite 
out  of  breath,  and  with  her  cheeks  all  in 
a  glow,  in  walk-ed  her  moth-er ! 

"You  dis-o-be-di-ent,  cu-ri-ous  girl!" 
said  she;  "I  meant  to  give  you  this 
beau-ti-ful  bird,  but  I  de-sir-ed  first  to 
put  you  to  the  proof  wheth-er  you  de- 
serv-ed  it.  But  now  I  shall  give  it  to 
good  lit-tle  Wil-liam,  who  is  more  o-be- 
di-ent  than  you,  and  not  so  cu-ri-ous.'' 


bees 

hives 

stung 

bloom 

struck 


LESSON  XXI. 

li-lacs  gar-den  sev-er-al 

a-lone  moth-er  ten-der-ly 

hon-ey  scarce-ly  oc-ca-sion 

iu-stant  spright-ly  col-lect-ed 

swell-ed  scream-ed  dis-re-gard 


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LIITLE  EMMA  AND  THE  BEES. 

Einiiia  was  a  ver-y  spright-ly  lit-tle 
girl,  a-bo  lit  four  yeai'S  of  age.  She  lov-ed 
her  moth-er  ten-der~ly,  but,  like  ma-ny 
oth-er  lit-tle  girls,  she  was  ver-y  apt  to 
dis-re-gard  what  was  said  to  her. 

Of-ten  in  May,  when  the  flow-ers  were 
in  full  bloom,  her  moth-er  would  take 
her  out  in-to  the  gar-den  to  walk,  and 
show  her  the  beau-ti-ful  ro-ses  and 
ii-lacs. 

She  took  her,  on  one  oc-ca-sion,  to 
the  bee-hive,  and  ex-plain-ed  to  her  ho  v 


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I  the  bees  col-lect-ed  the  hon-ey,  and  laid 
it  up  ill  their  hives ;  but  at  the  same  time 
told  her  nev-er  to  go  near  the  bee-hive, 
for  fear  the  bees  m'  ^  ^ting  her,  and 
hurt  her  ver-y  mucis 

It  hap-pen-ed,  a  fe\*  days  af-ter-wards, 
that  lit-tle  Em-ma  was  in  the  gar-den 
a-lone,  and,  for-get-ting  what  her  moth- 
er had  told  her,  she  went  up  to  the  bee- 
hive, and  struck  it  with  her  hand. 

In  an  in-stant,  the  bees  rush-ed  out, 
and  flew  at  her,  and  stung  her  in  the 
face,  eyes,  and  hands. 

She  scream-ed,  and  fell  to  the  ground. 
Her  moth-er  heard  her,  and  ran  and 
pick-ed  her  up,  and  car-ri-ed  her  to  the 
house.  Poor  Em-ma's  hands  and  face 
were  all  red  and  swell-ed  up.  She  could 
scarce-ly  see  for  sev-er-al  days,  and  suf- 
fer-ed  ver-y  much. 

Thus  was  she  pim-ish-ed  for  go-ing 
near  the  bee-hive,  af-ter  her  moth-er 
told  her  not  to  do  so. 


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LESSON  XXII. 


built 

kneel 

shade 

spend 

taught 


hab-it 

be-gin 

joy-ful 

fcr-vor 

ac-tion 


or-der 

be-fore 

bless-ed 

be-cause 

prac-tice 


im-i-tate 

e-rect-ed 

of-fer-ing 

beau-ti-ful 

ar-rang-ed 


MARIA  AND  HER  PLAY-HOUSE. 

Ma-ri-a  was  a  good  lit-tle  girl,  and  was 
al-ways  kind  and  o-be-di-ent  to  her  par- 
ents. She  Jiv-ed  in  the  coun-try,  and 
had  but  few  com-pan-ions  to  play  with. 
But  she  was  of  a  eon-tent-ed  mind;  and 
seem-ed  to  be  as  hap-py  and  joy-ful 
when  a-lone  as  when  she  had  com-pa-ny. 

Not  far  from  her  moth-er's  house  there 
was  a  large  tree,  un-der  the  shade  of 
which  she  was  ac-eus-tom-ed  to  play 
when-ev-er  she  was  al-low-ed  to  do  so. 

A-round  this  tree  she  built  a  play- 
house, and  ar-rang-ed  it  in  the  most 
beau-ti-ful  order.     Near  it  she  e-rect-ed 


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a  wood-en  cross,  which  she  made  with 
her  own  hands. 

Now,  her  moth-er 
had  taught  her  that 
it  was  a  beau-ti-ful 
prac-tice  to  be-gin 
and  end  ev-er-y  thing 
with  pray-er.  So 
lit-tle  Ma-ri-a,  when- 
ev-er  she  went  out 
to  her  play-house, 
be-fore  she  be-gan  to  play,  would  kneel 
down  be-fore  the  lit-tle  wood-en  cross, 
and  say  a  short  pray-er,  of-fer-ing  to 
God,  with  all  the  fer-vor  of  her  in-no- 
cent  heai*t,  the  time  she  was  a-bout  to 
spend  in  play. 

God  heard  her  pray-er,  and  bless-ed 
her.  And  she  was  not  on-ly  hap-py  in 
child-hood,  but  hap-py  through-out  her 
life.  Be-cause,  from  thi9  prac-tice  of 
of-fer-ing  to  heav-en  her  mo-ments  of 
rec-re-a-tion,  she  ac-quir-ed  the  hab-it 


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of  of-fer-ing  to  God  ev-er-y  ac-tion  she 
per-form-ed ;  and,  as  she  well  knew  that 
bad  ac-tions  were  dis-pleas-ing  to  God, 
she  took  care  nev-er  to  do  any  ac-tion 
that  was  not  ac-cept-a-ble  to  Him. 

Let  chil-dren  im-i-tate  the  good  lit-tle 
Ma-ri-a,  and,  like  her,  of-fer  ev-er-y  ac- 
tion to  God,  and  ask  his  bless-ing  up-on 
it.    - 


LESSON  XXIII. 


calf 
rank 
smart 
worth 


le-gal 
po-lite 
per-mit 
for-tune 


per-son 
wor-thy 
re-mark 
noth      T 


prop-er-ly 
en-ter-tain 
at-ten-tion 
cour-te-ous 


shrewd   hold-ing   con-gress   pro-fes-sion 

POLITENESS. 

It  is  said  that  George  Mc-Duf-fie,  of 
South  Car-o-li-na,  was  ver-y  po-lite  e-ven 
when  a  lit-tle  boy. 

One  e-ven-ing  he  was  hold-ing  a  lit-tle 
calf  by  the  ears,  while  his  moth-er  milk- 
ed the  cow,  and  a  gen-tle-man  pass-iug 


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by  said,  ^'  Good  e-ven-ing,  ray  lit-tle  son." 
George  re-turn-ed,  "  Good  e-ven-iug, 
sir,"  with  such  a  po-lite  bow,  that  the 
gen-tle-man  iio-tic-ed  him,  and  said, 
"  Why  did-n't  you  pull  off  your  hat,  my 
Ut-tle  man  ?" 


George  an-swer-ed,  "  If  you  will  come 
and  hold  my  calf  for  me,  I  will  pull  off 
my  hat  to  you." 

George's  po-lite-ness  and  shrewd  re- 
mark were  the  mak-ing  of  him. 

That  gen-tle-man  said  to  his  moth-er, 
"  Your  son  is  a  smart  boy,  and  if  prop- 


98 


FIBST    READER. 


er-ly  train-ed,  wiU  make  a  great  man 
some  day.  If  you  will  per-mit  me,  I  will 
give  George  a  good  ed-u-ca-tion,  and 
give  him  a  start  in  the  world." 

The  moth-er  thank-ed  the  gen-tle-man 
for  his  kind-ness,  and  let  him  take  charge 
of  her  son. 

George  a-rose  from  the  ears  of  his  calf 
to  the  high-est  rank  in  the  le-gal  p^o- 
fe^-sion;  he  was  then  sent  to  the  State 
Leg-is-la-ture — ^then  to  Con-gress— then 
made  Gov-er-nor  of  South  Car-o-li-na. 

Let  chil-dren,  then,  be  po-lite.  A  po- 
lite bow  and  a  "Good  e-ven-ing,  sir/' 
cost  noth-ing,  but  are  some-times  worth 
a  good  deal.  One  cour-te-ous  bow  was 
worth  a  for-tune  to  lit-tle  George  Mc- 
Duf-fie. 

Ev-er-y-bod-y  likes  po-lite  chil-dren. 
Wor-thy  per-sons  will  pay  at-ten-tion  to 
such,  speak  well  of  their  good  man-ners, 
and  en-ter-tain  a  good  o-pin-ion  of  their 
par-^ts. 


FIRST    READER.                       99 

1 

man 

,• 

[wUl 

LESSON  XXIV. 

! 

and 

sting       bet-ter      use-fiil         el-e-gant 
boast      cous-in      peo-ple        del-i-cate 

1 

-man 

shape      yel-low     buzz-ing      in-no-cent 

i 

Large 

shines     be-hold     mis-chief    per-fect-ly 

1 

scalf 

•^A      d  — ^^^^ 

1 

pro- 

^^SL^ 

^^^?!i^ 

1 

state 

hH^     fll^S^RIcw  ^^^ 

/IfelW 

1 

-then 

MlmJ^^Wt^^ 

1 

na. 

1 

Lpo- 

sir/' 

rorth 

PCHiKK 

i 

1 

1 

miimf 

was 

"        ^^^^Tr\^'^^  ^i^'- 

Mc- 

THE  WASP  AND  THE  BEE. 

A  wasp  met  a  bee  that  was  just  buzz-ing 

dren. 

by, 

)n  to 

And  he  said^  ''Lit-tle  cous-in,  can  you 

1 

ri^rs, 

tell  me  why 

their 

You  ^re  lov-ed  so  much  bet-ter  by  peo- 

ple than  I  ? 

j 

100 


FIR8T    READER. 


"  My  back  shines  as  bright  and  as  yel-low 

as  gold^ 
And  my  shape  is  most  el-e-gant^  too^  to 

be-hold ; 
Yet  no-bod-y  likes  me  for  that,  I  am 

told." 

"Ah!    friend/'  said  the  bee,  "it  is  all 


ver-y  true, 


But  if  I 


hiJf 


were  nait  as  much  mischief  to  do, 
Then  peo-ple  would  love  me  no  bet-ter 
than  you. 

"  You  can  boast  a  fine  shape,  and  a  del- 

i-cate  wing ; 
You  are  per-fect-ly  hand-some,  but  yet 

there's  one  thing 
That  can't  be  put  up  with, — and  that  is 

yoursting. 

"  My  coat  is  quite  home-ly  and  plain,  as 

you  see. 
Yet  no-bod-y  ev-er  is  an-gry  with  me, — 
Be-cau86  I'm  a  use-ful  and  in-norcent 


\ 


bee 


99 


FIRST    READER. 


101 


-low 

3,  to 

am 

s  all 

pdo, 
it-ter 

,  del- 
b  yet 
lat  is 

in,  as 

ae, — 
rceDt 


\ 


From  this  lit-tle  sto-ry  let  peo-ple  be- 
ware, 

Be-cause,  like  the  wasp,  if  ill-na-tur-ed 
they  are, 

They  will  nev-er  be  lov-ed,  though  they^re 
ev-er-so  fair. 


di-vide 

yel-low 

gar-den 

frac-tioii 

coii-trive 

Ohar-lotte 


LESSON  XXV. 

tal-ent 

jest-ing 

du-ti-ful 

in-sist-ed 

al-low-ed 

beau-ti-fal 


di-vi-sion 

to-geth-er 

de-light-ed 

re-gret-ted 

reck-on-ing 

grat-i-fied 


THE   PLUMS. 

Mrs.  May  once  took  h^r  fonr  chil-dren 
to  pay  a  vis-it  to  their  grand-fa-ther,  in 
his  beau-ti-ful  gar-den. 

Their  grand-fa-ther  brought  them,  on 
a  vine-leaf,  four  plums,  as  yel-low  as 
gold  and  as  large  as  eggs.    He  re-gret- 


ted  that,  as  yet,  there  were   not   any 
more  of  them  ripe. 

"  But  you  must  on-ly  con-trive,''  said 
he,  in  a  jest-ihg  tone,  "how  you  can  di- 
vide your  four  plums  be-tween  five  per- 
sons, with-out  bring-ing  a  frac-tion  in-to 
the  reck-on-ing." 


''  Oh,  I  will  do  that,''  said  Char-lotte, 
the  eld-est  sis-ter;  "I  on-ly  ask  that  I 
may  be  al-low-ed  to  reck-on  odd  and 
e-ven  num-bers  to-geth-er/'  v 

Slie  took  the  four  plums:  "We  two 
sis-ters   and  one  plum,''  said  she,  "to- 


geth-er  make  three.  A-gain,  my  two 
broth'^ers  and  (me  plum  make  three. 
These  two  plums  and  one  moth-er  also 
make  three.  And  so  the  whole  is  set- 
tled with-out  any  frac-tion." 

Char-lotte's  broth-ers  and  sis-ters  were 
quite  de-light-ed  with  this  di-vi-sion. 
Her  moth-er,  nev-er-the-less,  who  was 
high-ly  grat  i-fied,  in-sist-ed  that  each 
of  the  chil-dren  should  re-ceive  a  plum ; 
and  their  grand-fa-ther  brought  Char- 
lotte a  beau-ti-ful  nose-gay  be-sides. 

^^For/'  said  he,  "  Char-lotte's  clev-er 
reck-on-ing  does  mueh  hon-or  to  her 
tal-ent,  but  still  more  hon-or  to  her 
du-ti-ful  heart." 


an-gry 

be-gan 

fool-ish 

wick-ed 

re-venge 


LESSON   XXVI. 

mim-ic 

beat-ing 

con-duct 

mead-ow 

com-plain 


your-self 

treat-ment 

re-pea.t-ed 

mis-tak-en 

po-lite-ness 


104 


FIRST    READER. 


THE    ECHO. 

Lit-tle  George  had  no  i-de-a  of  an 
ech-o,  when,  one  day,  nm-ning  through 
the  mead-ow,  he  be-gan  to  cry,  "Ho! 
ho!"  and  from  the  woods  close  by  he 
heard  the  same  words. 

George  then  call-ed  out,  "Who  are 
you?"  and  the  voice  re-peat-ed  "Who 
are  you  ?"  "  You  must  be  a  fool-ish  fel- 
low !"  shout-ed  George.  "  You  must  be 
a  fool-ish  fel-low!"  said  the  voice  from 
the  woods.  ^ 

Now,  George  got  ver-y  an-gry,  and 
call-ed  all  so/ts  of  names,  and  the  eoh-o 


FIRST    READER. 


105 


re-peat-ed  ev-er-y  one  of  i/hem.  He 
then  rush-ed  in-to  the  woods  to  re-venge 
him-self  by  beat-ing  the  mim-ic ;  but  he 
found  no  one. 

He  then  ran  back  to  his  moth-er  to 
corn-plain  of  the  wick-ed  boy  wfio  had 
been  a-bus-ing  him  in  the  woods. 

"Tou  are  mis-ta-ken  this  time,  my 
son/'  said  his  moth-er,  "  and  you  are 
on-ly  tell-ing  of  your-self.  It  was  your 
own  words  you  heard  re-peat-ed,  audit 
was  on-ly  your  own  voice  that  you 
heard  in  the  woods.  If  you  had  spo- 
ken kind  words,  you  would  have  heard 
the  same.'^ 

Learn  a  les-son  from  this.  In  the 
world,  the  con-duct  of  oth-ers  is  reg-u- 
lat-ed  by  our  con-duct  to  them.  If  we 
treat  oth-ers  with  po-lite-ness  and  kind- 
ness, they  will  treat  us  well  in  re-turn ; 
but  if  we  are  cross  and  rough,  we  must 
ex-pect  rough  treat-ment.  Do  un-to 
oth-ers  as  you  wish  them  to  do  un-to  you. 


6« 


106 


FIRST    READER. 


LESSON  XXVIL 


THE  LITTLE  SHEPHERD'S  PRAYER. 

0  Ma-ry !  my  moth-er,  most  love-ly,  most 

mild, 
Look  down  up-on  me,  your  poor,  weak, 

low-ly  child ; 
Prom  the  land  of  my  ex-ile  I  call  up-on 

thee. 
Then,  Ma-ry !  my  moth-er !  look  kind-ly 

on  me. 


If  thou  shouldst  for-sake  me,  ah !  where 
shall  I  go  ? 

My  com-fort  and  hope  in  this  val-ley  of 
woe ! 

When  the  world  and  its  dan-gers  with 
ter-ror  I  view, 

Sweet  hope  comes  to  cheer  me  in  point- 
ing to  you. 

$ 

In  sor-row,  in  dark-ness,  be  still  at  my 

side, 
My  light  and  my  ref-uge,  my  guard  and 

my  guide; 
Though  snares  should  sur-round  me,  yet 

why  should  I  fear  ? 
I  know  I  am  weak,  but  my  moth-er  is 

near. 
Then,  Ma-ry !  in  pit-y  look  down  up-on 

me, 
'Tis  the  voice  of  thy  child  that  is  call-ing 

on  thee. 


108 


FIRST    READER. 


joy-ful 
liill-ing 
in-vests 
pas-ture 


LESSON  XXVIII. 

ce-les-tial  scat-ter-ed 

sep-a-rates  coun-te-nance 

coax-ing-ly  sim-pli-ci-ty 

in-no-cen<  e  ter-res-tri-al 


^vVVH!'/"///^, 


.-*"*=>**r-*-'^-' 


THE    LAMBS. 

It  was  a  calm,  clear/ sum-mer  e-ven- 
ing ;  a  moth-er  was  sit-ting  in  her  bed- 
room by  the  side  of  her  sweet  babe's 
era-die,  luU-ing  him  to  sleep  with  a  song. 


Be 


i 


n- 
3d- 


Then  the  Kt-tle  Ad-e-laide  came  in 
from  the  gar-den  with  beam-ing  eyes. 
"Oh,  dear  moth-er!"  ex-claim-ed  she, 
"  come,  there  is  some-thing  ver-y  beau- 
ti-ful  to  see." 

"Well, what  is  it?"  ask-ed  her  moth-er. 

"Oh,  some-thing  ver-y  beau-ti-ful  in- 
deed," re-plied  the  lit-tle  girl ;  "  but  you 
must  come  your-self  and  see." 

"  I  should  like  ver-y  much  to  do  so," 
an-swer-ed  her  moth-er  kind-ly,  "but  I 
can-not  leave  your  lit-tle  broth-er." 

Then  the  lit-tle  maid-en  cried  coax- 
ing-ly,  say-ing,  "  Dear  moth-er,  take  my 
lit-tle  broth-er  with  you,  that  he  may 
see  it  too,  and  re-joice  at  it." 

And  the  moth-er  thought  of  the  sim- 
pli-ci-ty  of  child-hood,  which  loves  not 
to  en-joy  any  thing  a-lone,  but  would 
share  all  with  oth-ers. 

"Oh,"  said  she  to  her-self,  "thy  soul 
is  yet  nigh  to  the  king-dom  of  heav-en ; 
how  could  I  re-fuse  any  lon-ger  ?" 


110 


FIRST    BEADBR. 


She  rose  and  look-ed  in-to  the  cra-dlie ; 
the  lit-tle  boy  slept  calin-ly  and  sound-ly. 
Then  she  took  the  hand  of  her  joy-ful 
daugh-ter,  and  said,  "I  won-der  what 
beau-ti-ful  things  you  are  go-ing  to  show 
me/' 

When  they  were  in  the  gar-den,  the 
lit-tle  girl  point-ed  to  the  sky,  and  ex- 
claim-ed,  "Now  look.,  dear  moth-er, 
there .  are  lit-tle  lambs  of  heavren— -a 
whole  flock;  are  they  not  dear  and 
love-ly?" 

They  were  del-i-cate  flee-cy  clouds, 
scat-ter-ed  on  the  blue  sky  like  lambs 
on  a  green  p'as-ture ;  and  they  glan-ced 
white  and  clear  in  the  rays  of  the  bright 
full  moon. 

The  moth-er  of  the  child  lift-ed  up  her 
coun-te-nance  and  gaz-ed  <m  the  clouds 
with  chast-en-ed  de-light,  for  she  re- 
mem-ber-ed  how  child-ish  in-no-cencQ 
in-vests  ter-res-tri-al  things  with  ce-les- 
tial  beau-ty,  and  knows  not  of  the  gulf 


FIRST    READER. 


Ill 


which'  sep-a-rate&  heav-en  and  earth. 
Thus  Ad-e-laide  saw  the  lambs  of  earth 
in  the  clouds  of  heav-en. 

"Oh,  bless-ed  art  thou !"  thought  the 
moth-er,  and  she  press-ed  the  lit-tle  girl 
to  her  bos-om. 


flock 
trace 
sleeve 
shame 


LESSON   XXIX. 

vil-lage  dis-trust  sev-er-al 

eam-est  num-bers  pit-e-ous 

com-ing  pea^-ants  heart-i-ly 

tend-ing  stran-gled  prop-er-ty 


THE   WOLF. 

Jack  was  em-ploy-ed  in  tend-ing  sheep, 
not  far  from  a  large  wood.  One  day,  in 
or-der  to  make  sport  for  him-self,  he 
cried  out,  with  all  his  might,  "  The  wolf 
is  com-ing  I  the  wolf  is  com-ing !"  • 

The  peas-ants  im-me-di-ate-ly  came 
run-ning  in  troops  out  of  the  next  vil- 
lage, with  ax-es  and  clubs,  to  kill  the 
wolf.     But  as  they  saw  no  tra-ces  of  a 


K- 


wolf^  they  went  home  a-gain,  and  Jack 
laugh-ed  most  heart-i-ly  at  them  in  his 
sleeve. 

Next'  day  Jack   cried   a-gain,  **The 
wolf!  the  wolf r' 


The  peas-ants  a-gain  came  out^  al- 
though by  no  means  in  such  num-bers 
as  yes-ter-day;  but  as  they  saw  no  ap- 
pear-ance  of  a  wolf,  they  shook  their 
heads,  and  went  home  dis-ap-point-ed 
and  full  of  vex-a-tion. 


iriBBT    READER. 


113 


On  the  third  day  the  wolf  came  m 
earn-est.  Jack  med  in  a  most  pit-e- 
ous  voice,  "  Help !  help !  The  wolf!  the 
wolf!'' 

But  this  time  not  a  sin-gle  peas-ant 
came  to  help  him ! 

The  wolf  broke  in  a-mong  the  flock, 
stran-gled  sev-er-al  sheep,  and  a-mong 
them  a  beau-ti-fal  lit-tle  lamb,  which 
was  Jack's  owil^  ^op-er-ty,  and  which 
he  had  es-p«Nciftl4y  lov-ed. 

Per-sons  who  are  ad-dict-ed  to  the 
shame-ful  hab-it  of  ly-ing  are  not  be- 
liev-ed  e-ven  when  they  tell  the  truth. 

Shame  and  dk-trust  shall  er-cr  he 
Oon-vict-ed  false-hood's  pen-al-ty. 


LESSON  XIX. 


fond 
nurse 
Meak 
spouse 


a-dore 
wea-ry 
drea-ry 
light-er 


cho-sen 
bur-den 
pil-grim 
plead-er 


keep-ing 
treas-ure 
guar-di-an 
for-got-ten 


SAINT   JOSEPH. 

Hail !  Spouse  of  our  La-dy !  dear  Nurse 

of  her  Child! 
Life's  ways  are  full  wea-ry,  the  des-ert 

is  wild; 
Bleak  sands  are  all  round  us^  no  home 

can  we  see ; 
Sweet  Spouse  of  our  La-dy  1   we  lean 

up-on  thee. 


FIB8T    READER. 


115 


For  thou  to  the  pil-giim  art  fa-ther  and 

guide, 
And  Je-sus  and  Ma-ry  felt  safe  at  thy 

side ; 
Ah !    ho-ly  Saint  Jo-seph !    how  blest 

should  I  be, 
Sweet  Spouse  of  our  La-dy !  if  thou  wert 

with  me ! 


ic 


irse 


•ert 


Oh,  bless^ed  Saint  Jo-seph !  how  great 

was  thy  worth. 
The  one  cho-sen  shad-ow  of  God  up-on 

earth! 
Of  Christ  the  fond  guar-di-an — ah !  then 

wilt  thou  be. 
Sweet  Spouse  of  our  La-dy!   a  fa-ther 

to  me  ? 


>me 


ean 


Thou  hast  not  for-got-ten  the  long 
drea-ry  road, 

When  Ma-ry  took  turns  with  thee,  bear- 
ing thy  God ! 


J 


116 


FIRST    READER. 


Yet  light  was  that  bur-den,  none  light-er 

could  be : 
Sweet  Spouse  of  our  La-dy !  oh !  canst 

thou  bear  me  ? 

Ah !  give  me  thy  bur-den  to  bear  for  a 

while ; 
To  kiss  his  warm  lips,  and  a-dore  his 

sweet  smile; 
With. her  Babe  in  my  arms,  oh!  Ma-ry 

will  be. 
Sweet  Spouse  of  our  La-dyl  my  plead-er 

with  thee. 


When  the  treas-ures  of  God  were  un- 

shel-ter-ed  on  earth, 
Safe  keep-ing  was  found  for  them  both 

in  thy  worth: 
Guar-di-an  of  Je-sus !  be  a  fa-ther  to 

me. 
Sweet  Spouse  of  our  La-dy !  and  I  will 

love  thee. 


ai 


FIRST    READER. 


117 


LESSON  XXXI. 


teach 

string 

games 

grieve 

fipiends 


vis-it 

fa-vor 

pcj-lite 

pret-ty 

kind-ly 


liv-ing 

ten-der 

ex-cuse 

pic-ture 

read-^rs 


sad-ness 

con-duct 

fam-i-ly 

af-fec-tion 

gath-er-ed 


GRANDMAMMA. 

"Which  of  my  young  read-ers  is  so 
luck-y  as  to  have  a  grand-mam-ma  still 
liv-ing?  a  kind,  ten-der-heart-ed  grand- 
mam-ma,  who  nev-er  can  bear  to  see  the 
lit-tle  peo-ple  pun-ifeh-ed,  or  hear  a  hard 


118 


FIRST    READER. 


word  said  to  them ;  who  has  al-ways 
some  ex-cuse  to  of-fer  in  their  fa-vor, 
and  is  hard  to  con-vince  that  they  can 
do  wrong  ? 

If  any  of  you  have  a  grand-mam-ma 
like  that,  be  sure  you  love  her  well,  and 
do  what  she  bpfls  you,  and  nev-er  grieve 
her  by  un-kind-ness  or  dis-o-be-di-eni  o. 
There  will  come  a  day  when  your  good 
grand-mam-ma  will  be  no  more  on  earth. 
She  must  go  to  join  the  dear  friends  of 
her  own  young  days,  who  have  died 
years  a-go,  and  the  paf-ents,  and  the 
grand-par-ents  who  car-ed  for  her  when 
she  was  a  lit-tle  child  like  you. 

Then  you  will  look  back  with  sad-ness 
on  the  days  when  she  was  with  you. 
You  will  miss  her  kind-ly  smile,  and  her 
look  of  fond  af  fec-tion.  You  ^^ill  wm 
her  pleas-ant  sto-ries  and  iiio  games  she 
as-ed  to  teach  you,  and  the  pret-ty  toys 
vfhich  she  gave  you  as  re-wards  for  good 
con-diict. 


FTR8T    READER. 


119 


she 


i 


The  good  old  la-dy  in  the  pic-ture  has 
come  on  a  vis-it  to  her  daiigh-ter.  who 
has  quite  a  large  fam-i-iy;  and  you  ^ee 
they  are  all  gath-er-ed  a-round  gran  1- 


be-cause  they 


pleas-ed 


mam-mj 
wO  see  her. 

She  has  just  giv-en  Ralph  a  lit-tle 
horse,  which  she  brought  all  the  way 
from  her  dis-tant  home ;  and  Ralph  has 
tied  a  string  to  it,  and  he  and  his  lit-tle 
broth-er  Hugh  are  go-ing  to  draw  it 
a-round  the  floor. 

I  am  sure  grand-mam-ma  ha.^  pres- 
ents for  the  girls,  too;  but  they  are  so 
po-lite,  that  they  do  not  ask  her  for 
them. 

Chil-dren  should  nev-er  ask  any  one 
for  pres-ents,  not  e-ven  their  par-ents. 
If  they  are  good,  they  will  re-ceive  pres- 
ents with-out  ask-ing  for  them.  I  think 
Qrand-mam-ma  More-ton  there  in  the 
pic-ture  would  give  no  pres-ents  to  the 
girls  if  they  ask-ed  for  them. 


LESSON  XXXII. 

THOU    GOD    SEEST    ME. 

God  can  see  me  ev-er-y  day, 
When  I  work  and  when  I  play; 
When  I  read  and  when  I  talk ; 
When  I  run  and  when  I  walk ; 
When  I  eat  and  when  I  drink ; 
When  I  sit  and  on-ly  think ; 
When  I  laugh  and  when  I  cry, 
God  is  ev-er  watch-ing  nigh. 

THE  END. 


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